| Region | Value |
|---|
| Alabama | 17.60 |
| Alaska | 20.90 |
| Arizona | 14.00 |
| Arkansas | 15.60 |
| California | 8.50 |
| Colorado | 10.30 |
| Connecticut | 5.60 |
| Delaware | 10.90 |
| District of Columbia | 20.40 |
| Florida | 12.40 |
| Georgia | 12.30 |
| Hawaii | 3.10 |
| Idaho | 11.50 |
| Illinois | 8.40 |
| Indiana | 11.30 |
| Iowa | 7.30 |
| Kansas | 9.70 |
| Kentucky | 13.30 |
| Louisiana | 18.50 |
| Maine | 8.50 |
| Maryland | 11.80 |
| Massachusetts | 3.40 |
| Michigan | 10.80 |
| Minnesota | 7.00 |
| Mississippi | 19.40 |
| Missouri | 13.80 |
| Montana | 15.70 |
| Nebraska | 8.40 |
| Nevada | 15.60 |
| New Hampshire | 6.70 |
| New Jersey | 5.00 |
| New Mexico | 14.80 |
| New York | 4.90 |
| North Carolina | 12.50 |
| North Dakota | 8.80 |
| Ohio | 9.70 |
| Oklahoma | 14.10 |
| Oregon | 9.70 |
| Pennsylvania | 10.70 |
| Rhode Island | 3.90 |
| South Carolina | 13.40 |
| South Dakota | 10.50 |
| Tennessee | 15.60 |
| Texas | 10.90 |
| Utah | 9.40 |
| Vermont | 8.10 |
| Virginia | 10.30 |
| Washington | 8.70 |
| West Virginia | 12.70 |
| Wisconsin | 7.70 |
| Wyoming | 17.10 |
Comments
The more licensing of the fire arms have led to this situation. The guns are not kept for protection but used for the shooting your enemy, this is what the mentality have become. Further thinking pattern have changed and one thinks that it is a toy and will not affect someone. Recent turbulence in Connecticut is a bright example where a child shots his teacher and it has became a regular crime in the city. With more population rise the death toll is also increasing. Then self harm is also one of the crime which the state is facing. Laws should be reformed to have a good effect on the citizens directly.
Notes:
Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Populations used for computing death rates are postcensal estimates based on the 2000 census estimated as of July 1, 2008. Since death rates are affected by the population composition of a given area, age-adjusted death rates should be used for comparisons between areas because they control for differences in population composition. Data are for 2008.
Sources:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, National Vital Statistics Report Volume 59, Number 10, December 2011, Table 19. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_10.pdf.
Definitions:
NSD: Not Sufficient Data.
Causes of death attributable to firearm mortality include ICD-10 Codes W32-W34, Accidental discharge of firearm; Codes X72-X74, Intentional self-harm by firearm; X93-X95, Assault by firearm; Y22-Y24, Firearm discharge, undetermined intent; and Y35, Legal intervention involving firearm discharge. Deaths from injury by firearms exclude deaths due to explosives and other causes indirectly related to firearms.
Footnotes:
U.S. rate does not include data from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam.
Age-adjusted death rates for Puerto Rivo, Virgin Islands, and Guam are calculated using different age groups in the weighting procedure. See Technical Notes in the data source for further details.
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