List of countries by firearm-related death rate

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This is a historical list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in one year.

1 List of countries
2 Sources
3 See also
4 References

[edit] List of countries

List of Industrial nations ( Gross National Income or GNI per capita > $15,000):

Country	Total firearm-related death rate	firearm homicide	firearm suicide	Firearm unintentional	Year	Sources and notes
Australia	2.94	0.44	2.35	0.11	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Austria	4.56	0.42	4.06	0.05	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Belgium	3.48	0.60	2.56	0.06	1990	Krug 1998^[1]
Canada	4.78	0.76	3.72	0.22	1992	Krug 1998^[1]
Denmark	2.60	0.23	2.25	0.04	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Finland	6.86	0.86	5.78	0.12	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
France	6.35	0.44	5.14	0.11	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Germany	1.57	0.22	1.17	0.04	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Greece	1.50	0.59	0.84	0.04	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Hong Kong	0.19	0.12	0.07	0.00	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Ireland	1.21	0.03	0.94	0.11	1991	Krug 1998^[1]
Israel	3.00	0.72	1.84	0.13	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Italy	2.95	1.66	1.11	0.11	1992	Krug 1998^[1]
Japan	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.00	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Netherlands	0.70	0.36	0.31	0.01	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
New Zealand	2.66	0.17	2.14	0.09	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Norway	4.39	0.30	3.95	0.12	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Portugal	3.72	1.28	1.28	0.21	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Singapore	0.24	0.07	0.17	0.00	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
South Korea	0.13	0.04	0.02	0.05	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Spain	0.90	0.21	0.43	0.25	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Sweden	2.36	0.18	2.09	0.03	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Switzerland	6.40	0.58	5.61	0.13	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Taiwan	0.42	0.15	0.12	0.11	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
United States	10.0	3.72	7.35	0.59	2004/1999/1993	Kaiser 2004^[2] GunCite 2008^[3] Krug 1998^[1]

List of developing countries ( GNI per capita < $15,000).

Country	Total firearm-related death rate	firearm homicide	firearm suicide	Firearm unintentional	Firearm undetermined	Year	Sources and notes
Argentina	9.19	2.11	3.05	0.32	3.71	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Azerbaijan	NA	1.47	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Barbados	NA	3.00	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Belarus	NA	0.38	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Brazil	14.15	10.58	0.73	0.28	2.56	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Bulgaria	NA	0.77	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Chile	NA	0.06	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Colombia	NA	51.77	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Costa Rica	NA	3.32	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Czech Republic	NA	1.77	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Estonia	12.74	8.07	3.13	0.93	0.67	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Guatemala	NA	18.05	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Hungary	1.21	0.23	0.88	0.09	0.01	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
India	NA	0.93	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Kuwait	1.25	0.36	0.06	0.00	0.83	1995	Krug 1998^[1]
Latvia	NA	1.20	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Lithuania	NA	0.46	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Republic of Macedonia	NA	1.28	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Mauritius	0.19	0.00	0.09	0.09	0.00	1993	Krug 1998^[1]
Mexico	12.07	9.88	0.91	1.27	NA	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Moldova	NA	0.47	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Northern Ireland	6.82	5.24	1.34	0.12	0.12	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
Paraguay	NA	7.35	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Philippines	NA	9.46	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Poland	NA	0.29	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Qatar	NA	0.18	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Slovakia	NA	2.17	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Slovenia	3.07	0.35	2.51	0.20	0.00	1994	Krug 1998^[1]
South Africa	NA	74.57	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Thailand	NA	33.00	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Ukraine	NA	0.35	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]
Uruguay	NA	3.24	NA	NA	NA	2002	UNODC 2002^[4]
Zimbabwe	NA	4.75	NA	NA	NA	2000	UNODC 2000^[5]

[edit] Sources

(Krug 1998) EG Krug, KE Powell and LL Dahlberg. "Firearm-related deaths in the United States and 35 other high- and upper-middle-income countries.", International Journal of Epidemiology 1998. ^[1] Statistics among 36 countries between 1990 and 1995.
(UNODC 2002)The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2001 - 2002). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2005.^[4] This report provides more updated information on homicide by firearms, but not on suicide by firearms.
(UNODC 2000)The Seventh United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (1998 - 2000). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2002.^[5] This report provides more updated information on homicide by firearms, but not on suicide by firearms.
(Barrow 2000) Greg Barrow. "SA gun deaths rise", BBC, 2000-02-15.^[6]
(Kaiser 2004) Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population, 2004. StateHealthFacts.org, 2008-04-08 ^[2]
(GunCite 2006) International Homicide Comparisons. GunCite.com, 2006-05-20 ^[7]
(GunCite 2008) International Homicide Comparisons. GunCite.com, 2008-04-08 ^[3]

The figures are based mainly on surveys and reports by government agencies and subject to their reliability. In addition, the figures may vary significantly over the years due to changes in crime rate trend. The death rate is also sensitive to fluctuation if the absolute number of incidents is small and for countries with relatively small population such as Mauritius and Singapore.

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