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. 1999 Aug 14;319(7207):407–410. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7207.407

Table 2.

Numbers of people wounded and killed in civilian mass shootings as reported in medical literature

Mass shooting Year Wounded Killed Wounded to killed ratio
St Valentine’s Day massacre23 1929 1 6 0.17
Katyn Forest massacre14 1940 0 4143 0
Houston25 1963 44 14 3.14
Wah Mee massacre25 1983 0 13 0
San Diego McDonald’s19 1984 11 21 0.52
Palm Bay21 1987 14 6 2.33
Melbourne19 1987 19 7 2.71
Melbourne19 1987 5 9 0.55
Hungerford18 1987 13 17 0.76
Sydney19 1991 0 7 0
Killeen massacre22 1991 40 24 1.67
Fairchild20 1994 22 5 4.4
Case report24 1996 1 3 0.33