TABLE 1—

Characteristics of Workplace Homicides in the United States From 2011 to 2017

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	All
Overall characteristics
Total number of workplace homicides	468	475	404	409	417	500	458	3131
Workplace homicide rate per 100 000 workers	0.337	0.337	0.283	0.282	0.282	0.332	0.300	0.307
Workplace fatalities classified as homicides, %	10	10	9	8	9	10	9	9
Workplace homicides classified as “intentional shooting of another person,” %	78	80	80	75	85	79	77	79
Type of weapon used, %a
Handgun	56	56	58	63	63	66	66	61
Rifle	14	10	14	10	12	13	10	12
Relationship of assailant to victim, %
Family member or intimate partner	8	7	7	7	8	9	6	7
Coworker or former coworker	10	13	18	15	16	13	17	15
Client, customer, or patient	11	12	9	12	11	9	12	11

Source. Data for this table were drawn from multiple sources.^11,17,18

^aWeapon was not reported for all shootings.