Number
of Deaths
70.7%10.7%
6.3%
4.7%
3.4%
1.8%
0.8%
0.6%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%2000
United States
Homicide
Ages 10-50, All Races, Both
Sexes
Total Deaths: 13,779
| Cause of Death |
Number |
Percentage of Deaths | |
| Homicide Firearm | 9,747 |
|
70.7% |
| Homicide Cut/pierce | 1,471 |
|
10.7% |
| Homicide Unspecified | 866 |
|
6.3% |
| Homicide Other Spec., NECN | 651 |
|
4.7% |
| Homicide Suffocation | 469 |
|
3.4% |
| Homicide Struck by or Against | 248 |
|
1.8% |
| Homicide Fire/burn | 105 |
|
0.8% |
| Homicide Transportation- Related | 83 |
|
0.6% |
| Homicide Other Spec., classifiable | 78 |
|
0.6% |
| Homicide Poisoning | 32 |
|
0.2% |
| Homicide Drowning | 16 |
|
0.1% |
| Homicide Fall | 13 |
|
0.1% |
| Total Deaths | 13,779 | ||
| Produced by: | Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC. |
| Data Source: | National Center for Heath Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics System for numbers of deaths. |