TABLE M30. FIREARM MORTALITY BY AGE, RACE, SEX, AND INTENTION
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE, SEX, AND CAUSE OF DEATH (ICD-9 CODES)	ALL AGES	AGE GROUP
		< 15	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+
ALL FIREARM INJURIES (E922, E965.0-E965.4, E965.0-E965.4, E970, E985.0-E985.4)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	374	4	96	59	67	52	33	35	19	8
MALE	327	3	90	48	53	44	29	34	17	8
FEMALE	47	1	6	11	14	8	4	1	2	0
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	248	2	32	31	48	48	30	30	19	8
MALE	217	2	29	23	40	42	27	29	17	8
FEMALE	31	0	3	8	8	6	3	1	2	0
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	122	2	63	28	18	3	2	5	0	0
MALE	107	1	60	25	12	2	1	5	0	0
FEMALE	15	1	3	3	6	1	1	0	0	0
ACCIDENT (E922)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
MALE	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
FEMALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
MALE	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
FEMALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MALE	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FEMALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SUICIDE (E955.0-955.4)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	210	1	23	21	38	44	27	31	16	8
MALE	192	1	22	17	33	39	24	31	16	8
FEMALE	18	0	1	4	5	5	3	0	0	0
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	186	1	14	16	35	42	27	27	16	8
MALE	169	1	13	12	31	37	24	27	16	8
FEMALE	17	0	1	4	4	5	3	0	0	0
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	24	0	9	5	3	2	0	4	0	0
MALE	23	0	9	5	2	2	0	4	0	0
FEMALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (E965.0-E965.4, E970)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	155	3	71	37	28	5	6	2	3	0
MALE	127	2	66	30	19	2	5	2	1	0
FEMALE	28	1	5	7	9	3	1	0	2	0
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	55	1	17	15	12	3	3	1	3	0
MALE	42	1	15	11	8	2	3	1	1	0
FEMALE	13	0	2	4	4	1	0	0	2	0
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	96	2	53	22	15	1	2	1	0	0
MALE	82	1	50	19	10	0	1	1	0	0
FEMALE	14	1	3	3	5	1	1	0	0	0
INTENTION UNDETERMINED (E985.0-E985.4)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
MALE	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
FEMALE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
MALE	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
FEMALE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
MALE	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
FEMALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"All Races" includes races other than white and black and race not stated.
"All Ages" includes age not stated.
TABLE M30A. FIREARM DEATH RATES BY AGE, RACE, SEX, AND INTENTION
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RACE, SEX, AND CAUSE OF DEATH (ICD-9 CODES)	ALL AGES	AGE GROUP
		< 15	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+
ALL FIREARM INJURIES (E922, E965.0-E965.4, E965.0-E965.4, E970, E985.0-E985.4)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	4.6	**	9.7	5.2	4.7	4.8	4.6	6.0	**	**
MALE	8.3	**	17.9	8.5	7.6	8.4	8.6	13.1	**	**
FEMALE	1.1	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	3.8	**	4.3	3.6	4.3	5.5	5.1	5.9	**	**
MALE	6.9	**	7.6	5.3	7.2	9.7	9.6	12.8	**	**
FEMALE	0.9	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	10.3	**	34.8	14.8	**	**	**	**	**	**
MALE	19.0	**	65.6	5.7	**	**	**	**	**	**
FEMALE	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
SUICIDE (E955.0-955.4)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	2.6	**	2.3	1.8	2.7	4.1	3.8	5.3	**	**
MALE	4.9	**	4.4	**	4.8	7.5	7.1	12.0	**	**
FEMALE	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	2.9	**	**	**	3.1	4.8	4.6	5.3	**	**
MALE	5.4	**	**	**	5.6	8.6	8.5	11.9	**	**
FEMALE	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	2.0	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
MALE	4.1	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
FEMALE	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (E965.0-E965.4, E970)
ALL RACES, BOTH SEXES	1.9	**	7.2	3.2	2.0	**	**	**	**	**
MALE	3.2	**	13.1	5.3	**	**	**	**	**	**
FEMALE	0.7	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
WHITE, BOTH SEXES	0.9	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
MALE	1.3	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
FEMALE	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
BLACK, BOTH SEXES	8.1	**	29.2	11.6	**	**	**	**	**	**
MALE	14.5	**	54.7	**	**