Table 1. Characteristics of Youth With Firearm-Related Deaths in the United States From 2007 to 2016.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US youth population (n = 846 630 376) | Total firearm-related deaths (n = 67 905) | Homicides (n = 42 512) | Suicides (n = 23 034) | Unintentional deaths (n = 1627) | |
| Age group, y | |||||
| 5-9 | 202 946 668 (24.0) | 722 (1.0) | 567 (1.3) | 5 (0.02) | 130 (8.0) |
| 10-14 | 206 835 615 (24.4) | 2521 (3.7) | 1175 (2.7) | 1052 (4.6) | 226 (13.9) |
| 15-19 | 215 975 889 (25.5) | 23 595 (34.7) | 15 178 (35.7) | 7562 (32.8) | 594 (36.5) |
| 20-24 | 220 872 204 (26.1) | 41 067 (60.5) | 25 592 (60.2) | 14 415 (62.3) | 677 (41.6) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 433 118 700 (51.2) | 60 164 (88.6) | 37 643 (88.5) | 20 442 (88.7) | 1459 (89.7) |
| Female | 413 511 676 (48.8) | 7741 (11.4) | 4869 (11.5) | 2592 (11.3) | 168 (10.3) |
| Race and ethnicitya | |||||
| Alaska Native or American Indian | 7 412 316 (0.9) | 866 (1.3) | 313 (0.7) | 483 (2.1) | 48 (3.0) |
| Asian | 39 862 446 (4.7) | 1015 (1.5) | 502 (1.2) | 491 (2.1) | 16 (1.0) |
| Hispanic | 185 385 811 (21.9) | 11 243 (16.6) | 8518 (20.0) | 2410 (10.4) | 219 (13.5) |
| Non-Hispanic | |||||
| Black | 120 786 590 (14.3) | 30 394 (44.8) | 27 174 (63.9) | 2569 (11.2) | 444 (27.3) |
| White | 465 395 531 (55.0) | 24 173 (35.6) | 5839 (13.7) | 17 037 (74.0) | 899 (55.3) |
| Otherb | 27 787 682 (3.3) | 214 (0.3) | 166 (0.4) | 44 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) |
| County-level poverty concentration, % | |||||
| 0-4.9 | 8 531 252 (1.0) | 248 (0.4) | 85 (0.2) | 159 (0.7) | 2 (0.1) |
| 5-9.9 | 152 172 754 (18.0) | 6841 (10.1) | 3152 (7.4) | 3484 (15.1) | 127 (7.8) |
| 10-14.9 | 269 774 510 (31.9) | 18 551 (27.3) | 10 175 (23.9) | 7707 (33.5) | 474 (29.1) |
| 15-19.9 | 288 577 195 (34.1) | 27 305 (40.2) | 18 242 (42.9) | 8151 (35.4) | 616 (37.9) |
| ≥20 | 127 574 665 (15.1) | 14 960 (22.0) | 10 858 (25.5) | 3533 (15.3) | 408 (25.1) |
| Urbanicityc | |||||
| Large central metropolitan | 257 014 048 (30.4) | 27 665 (40.7) | 22 293 (52.4) | 4868 (21.1) | 295 (18.1) |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 206 747 223 (24.4) | 11 927 (17.6) | 6957 (16.4) | 4612 (20.0) | 227 (14.0) |
| Medium metropolitan | 181 310 221 (21.4) | 13 939 (20.5) | 8043 (18.9) | 5393 (23.4) | 360 (22.1) |
| Small metropolitan | 81 013 443 (9.6) | 5413 (8.0) | 2253 (5.3) | 2867 (12.5) | 212 (13.0) |
| Micropolitan | 73 256 239 (8.7) | 5096 (7.5) | 1812 (4.3) | 2917 (12.7) | 277 (17.0) |
| Noncore | 47 289 202 (5.6) | 3865 (5.7) | 1154 (2.7) | 2377 (10.3) | 256 (15.7) |
a
Race and ethnicity were self-reported or self-selected.
b
The other category included Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and ≥2 races.
c
For analyses, county urbanicity was coded as a categorical variable, either urban (large central metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, medium metropolitan, and small metropolitan) or rural (micropolitan or noncore).