NRA Members' Councils of California

Homicide by Firearm Data

10,828 Deaths/Year

SOURCE:

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)

The data was extracted from the NCIPC's website with the following procedure:

1. Go to http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10.html
2. For question 1, What was the intent or manner of the injury?, select "Homicide".
3. For question 2, What was the cause or mechanism of the injury?, select "Firearm".
4. Under Specific Options:
   • Set Census Region/State to "United States"
   • Set Year(s) of Report to "1999 to 1999"
   • Set Race to "All Races"
   • Set Hispanic Origin to "All"
   • Set Sex to "Both Sexes"
   • Set Output Options to "Standard Output"
5. Click "Submit Request"