Stop 2

Firearms Deaths In The United States, 1981-1998
data from the Centers for Disease Control)

 Year

Homicide

Suicide

Legal Intervention

Unintentional

Total

 1981

15,089

16,139

272

2,550

34,050

 1982

13,830

16,560

276

2,291

32,957

 1983

12,040

16,600

257

2,202

31,099

 1984

11,815

17,113

253

2,150

31,331

 1985

11,836

17,363

242

2,125

31,566

 1986

13,029

18,153

247

1,944

33,373

 1987

12,657

18,136

257

1,845

32,895

 1988

13,645

18,169

232

1,943

33,989

 1989

14,464

18,178

305

1,829

34,776

 1990

16,218

18,885

289

1,763

37,155

 1991

17,746

18,526

240

1,805

38,317

 1992

17,488

18,169

302

1,817

37,776

 1993

18,253

18,940

318

2,084

39,595

 1994

17,527

18,765

339

1,874

38,505

 1995

15,551

18,503

284

1,619

35,957

 1996

14,037

18,166

290

1,547

34,040

 1997

13,252

17,566

270

1,348

32,436

 1998

11,798

17,424

304

1,182

30,708

 TOTAL

260,275

321,355

4,977

33,918

620,525