Table 1.
Trends in firearm deaths in the USA, WISQARS 2000–2010
| Age-adjusted firearm deaths per 100 000 population |
Change |
SMD | p Trend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Total | Annual | 95% CI | |||
| All | 10.14 | 10.31 | 10.43 | 10.29 | 9.99 | 10.27 | 10.22 | 10.24 | 10.23 | 10.05 | 10.07 | 10.21 | −0.017 | −0.044 to 0.010 | −0.44 | 0.181 |
| Race | ||||||||||||||||
| Caucasian | 8.97 | 9.21 | 9.19 | 9.05 | 8.84 | 8.98 | 8.80 | 8.98 | 9.18 | 9.13 | 9.20 | 9.05 | 0.006 | −0.027 to 0.039 | 0.11 | 0.705 |
| African-American | 18.30 | 18.32 | 19.22 | 19.01 | 18.31 | 19.34 | 19.98 | 19.31 | 18.19 | 17.15 | 16.90 | 18.51 | −0.114 | −0.311 to 0.082 | −0.40 | 0.220 |
| Other | 4.76 | 3.89 | 4.19 | 4.03 | 3.70 | 3.88 | 3.83 | 3.38 | 3.25 | 3.37 | 3.25 | 3.38 | −0.121 | −0.166 to −0.076 | −1.83 | <0.0001 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 7.81 | 7.73 | 7.63 | 7.68 | 7.42 | 7.51 | 7.19 | 7.21 | 6.60 | 6.38 | 5.86 | 7.13 | −0.179 | −0.236 to −0.122 | −2.13 | <0.0001 |
| Non-Hispanic | 10.31 | 10.50 | 10.67 | 10.50 | 10.23 | 10.53 | 10.54 | 10.61 | 10.74 | 10.55 | 10.71 | 10.54 | 0.027 | −0.002 to 0.056 | 0.63 | 0.068 |
| Intent | ||||||||||||||||
| Homicide/legal intervention | 3.88 | 4.05 | 4.17 | 4.19 | 4.05 | 4.28 | 4.40 | 4.32 | 4.14 | 3.89 | 3.73 | 4.10 | −0.008 | −0.054 to 0.038 | −0.12 | 0.705 |
| Suicide | 5.90 | 5.90 | 5.92 | 5.77 | 5.65 | 5.66 | 5.54 | 5.63 | 5.82 | 5.91 | 6.06 | 5.80 | 0.001 | −0.035 to 0.038 | 0.03 | 0.932 |
| Undetermined | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 | −0.0001 | −0.002 to 0.002 | −0.02 | 0.944 |
| Unintentional | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.23 | −0.010 | −0.014 to −0.006 | −1.70 | <0.0001 |
All values are age-adjusted rates per 100 000 persons. Change denotes annual change in rate per 100 000. Negative value indicates decline in firearm death rates per 100 000 from 2000 to 2010 and positive value indicates increase in firearm death rate per 100 000 from 2000 to 2010. CIs denote the annual change in firearm death rate per 100 000. SMD indicates standardised mean difference; is equal to annual change/SD. p Trend calculated using metaregression indicates the significance of the decline or the increase in firearm-related death rates from 2000 to 2010. Data are from Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS).