Table 1.
A demographic summary of the populations examined from 1999 to 2014.
| Characteristic examined | Assault by firearm deathsa ICD-10 codes: X93, X94, X95 |
Law enforcement incidents involving a firearm deathsa ICD-10 codes: Y35.0 |
Overall populationa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Males | 156,692 (84.37%)b | 5523 (96.05%)b | 2,354,594,299 (49.14%) |
| Females | 29,025 (15.63%) | 227 (3.95%) | 2,436,605,757 (50.86%) |
| Raceb | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 33,532 (18.15%)b | 1156 (20.16%)b | 722,513,667 (15.08%) |
| Black or African American | 99,879 (54.07%) | 1485 (25.89%) | 607,597,034 (12.68%) |
| White | 46,535 (25.19%) | 2857 (49.82%) | 3,187,900,289 (66.54%) |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 3250 (1.76%) | 129 (2.25%) | 233,386,448 (4.87%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1536 (0.83%) | 108 (1.88%) | 39,802,618 (0.83%) |
| Census Division | |||
| Division 1: New England (CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME) |
3422 (1.84%)b | 137 (2.38%)b | 228,597,339 (4.77%) |
| Division 2: Middle Atlantic (NY, PA, NJ) |
20,073 (10.81%) | 423 (7.36%) | 647,489,850 (13.51%) |
| Division 3: East North Central (WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) |
29,960 (16.13%) | 671 (11.67%) | 736,376,389 (15.37%) |
| Division 4: West North Central (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO) |
8175 (4.40%) | 277 (4.82%) | 320,762,150 (6.69%) |
| Division 5: South Atlantic (WV, MD, DE, DC, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL) |
43,096 (23.21%) | 1074 (18.68%) | 913,694,966 (19.07%) |
| Division 6: East South Central (KY, TN, MS, AL) |
15,682 (8.44%) | 218 (3.79%) | 286,336,410 (6%) |
| Division 7: West South Central (TX, OK, AR, LA) |
26,466 (14.25%) | 601 (10.45%) | 553,628,510 (11.55%) |
| Division 8: Mountain (NV, ID, UT, AZ, NM, CO, WY, MT) |
10,673 (5.75%) | 748 (13.01%) | 331,275,042 (6.91%) |
| Division 9: Pacific (WA, OR, CA) |
28,170 (15.17%) | 1601 (27.84%) | 773,039,400 (16.13%) |
| 2006 urbanization | |||
| Large central metro | 91,899 (49.48%)b | 2168 (37.70%)b | 1,415,582,280 (29.55%) |
| Large fringe metro | 29,334 (15.8%) | 1094 (19.03%) | 1,158,089,103 (24.17%) |
| Medium metro | 32,075 (17.27%) | 1142 (19.86%) | 957,664,196 (19.99%) |
| Small metro | 11,676 (6.29%) | 514 (8.94%) | 457,552,362 (9.55%) |
| Micropolitan (non-metro) | 12,579 (6.77%) | 489 (8.50%) | 490,339,760 (10.23%) |
| Noncore (non-metro) | 8154 (4.39%) | 343 (5.97%) | 311,972,355 (6.51%) |
a
The values were derived by adding the values for each year examined to calculate the cumulative numbers presented in the table.
b
A total of 185,717 assault by firearm deaths were identified but 985 had unknown Hispanic origin and were excluded from this table. A total of 5750 law enforcement incidents involving firearm deaths were identified but 15 had unknown Hispanic origin and were excluded from this table.