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Number of US Deaths by State Due to Injury by Firearms

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Firearm — In 2009, 31,347 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States (Tables 18 and 19), accounting for 17.7% of all injury deaths that year. The two major component causes of all firearm injury deaths in 2009 were suicide (59.8%) and homicide (36.7%). Firearm injuries (all intents) decreased 1.9% from 2008 to 2009. The age-adjusted death rate for firearm suicide did not change from 2008, whereas the death rate for firearm homicide decreased 5.0% in 2009 from 2008.

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  Firearms Death Rate per 100,000
 
United States 10.11
 
Alabama 17.4
Alaska 14.7
Arizona 13.0
Arkansas 16.2
California 8.3
Colorado 11.5
Connecticut 4.9
Delaware 8.9
District of Columbia 16.6
Florida 12.1
Georgia 12.9
Hawaii 3.6
Idaho 12.9
Illinois 8.1
Indiana 11.4
Iowa 6.3
Kansas 10.9
Kentucky 12.8
Louisiana 18.1
Maine 8.7
Maryland 10.2
Massachusetts 3.1
Michigan 10.9
Minnesota 6.2
Mississippi 16.8
Missouri 13.6
Montana 16.0
Nebraska 7.3
Nevada 15.5
New Hampshire 6.2
New Jersey 4.7
New Mexico 14.6
New York 4.8
North Carolina 11.7
North Dakota 9.2
Ohio 8.4
Oklahoma 14.5
Oregon 10.3
Pennsylvania 10.4
Rhode Island 5.0
South Carolina 13.6
South Dakota 9.2
Tennessee 15.2
Texas 11.1
Utah 10.2
Vermont 8.9
Virginia 10.4
Washington 9.1
West Virginia 13.3
Wisconsin 7.9
Wyoming 18.1
 
Guam NSD2
Puerto Rico 21.62
Virgin Islands 50.72

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Notes: 

Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Populations used for computing death rates are postcensal estimates based on the 2000 census estimated as of July 1, 2009. Since death rates are affected by the population composition of a given area, age-adjusted death rates should be used for comparisons between areas because they control for differences in population composition. Data are for 2009.
Sources: 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, National Vital Statistics Report Volume 60, Number 3, December 2011, Table 19. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf.
Definitions: 

NSD: Not Sufficient Data.

Causes of death attributable to firearm mortality include ICD-10 Codes W32-W34, Accidental discharge of firearm; Codes X72-X74, Intentional self-harm by firearm; X93-X95, Assault by firearm; Y22-Y24, Firearm discharge, undetermined intent; and Y35, Legal intervention involving firearm discharge. Deaths from injury by firearms exclude deaths due to explosives and other causes indirectly related to firearms.

 

 
 

August 2012, ©2012 National Conference of State Legislatures. 
Possession of a firearm by the mentally ill is regulated by both state and federal laws:

Federal Law

Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(d), it is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person “has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution.”

State Laws:

Possession of a Firearm by the Mentally Ill by State

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