TABLE M30. FIREARM MORTALITY BY AGE, RACE, SEX, AND INTENTION
NEW JERSEY, 1999
RACE, SEX, AND CAUSE OF DEATH (ICD-10 CODES)			ALL AGES	AGE GROUP
				< 15	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+
ALL FIREARM INJURIES (W32-W34,X72-X74,X93-X95,Y22-Y24,Y35.0)
	All Races, Both Sexes		366	1	77	98	65	43	25	25	32
		Male	319	1	67	90	48	35	23	24	31
		Female	47	0	10	8	17	8	2	1	1
	White, Both Sexes		234	1	32	43	45	36	22	25	30
		Male	200	1	27	39	30	30	20	24	29
		Female	34	0	5	4	15	6	2	1	1
	Black, Both Sexes		125	0	44	51	18	7	3	0	2
		Male	114	0	39	48	17	5	3	0	2
		Female	11	0	5	3	1	2	0	0	0
ACCIDENT (W32-W34)
	All Races, Both Sexes		8	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	1
		Male	7	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	1
		Female	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	White, Both Sexes		3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
		Male	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
		Female	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Black, Both Sexes		5	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
		Male	5	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
		Female	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SUICIDE (X72-X74)
	All Races, Both Sexes		195	0	20	34	33	33	24	21	30
		Male	174	0	19	32	24	27	22	21	29
		Female	21	0	1	2	9	6	2	0	1
	White, Both Sexes		169	0	16	24	28	30	21	21	29
		Male	151	0	15	23	19	26	19	21	28
		Female	18	0	1	1	9	4	2	0	1
	Black, Both Sexes		22	0	4	7	4	3	3	0	1
		Male	20	0	4	7	4	1	3	0	1
		Female	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (X93-X95,Y35)
	All Races, Both Sexes		158	1	55	57	31	10	1	2	1
		Male	134	1	46	53	23	8	1	1	1
		Female	24	0	9	4	8	2	0	1	0
	White, Both Sexes		59	1	16	17	16	6	1	2	0
		Male	44	1	12	15	10	4	1	1	0
		Female	15	0	4	2	6	2	0	1	0
	Black, Both Sexes		96	0	38	39	14	4	0	0	1
		Male	88	0	33	37	13	4	0	0	1
		Female	8	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0
UNDETERMINED INTENT (Y22-Y24)
	All Races, Both Sexes		5	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
		Male	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
		Female	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	White, Both Sexes		3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
		Male	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
		Female	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Black, Both Sexes		2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
		Male	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Female	1	0	0	1	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, 1999
RACE, SEX, AND CAUSE OF DEATH (ICD-10 CODES)			ALL AGES	AGE GROUP
				< 15	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+
ALL FIREARM INJURIES (W32-W34,X72-X74,X93-X95,Y22-Y24,Y35.0)
	All Races, Both Sexes		4.5	**	7.8	8.9	4.6	3.9	3.4	4.3	6.0
		Male	8.1	**	13.3	16.5	6.9	6.6	6.6	9.4	15.9
		Female	1.1	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
	White, Both Sexes		3.6	**	4.3	5.1	4.0	4.0	3.7	5.0	6.2
		Male	6.4	**	7.1	9.3	5.4	6.8	6.9	10.8	16.4
		Female	1.0	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
	Black, Both Sexes		10.4	**	24.3	27.6	**	**	**	**	**
		Male	20.0	**	42.7	54.1	**	**	**	**	**
		Female	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
SUICIDE (X72-X74)
	All Races, Both Sexes		2.4	**	2.0	3.1	2.3	3.0	3.3	3.6	5.7
		Male	4.4	**	**	5.8	3.4	5.1	6.4	8.2	14.9
		Female	0.5	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
	White, Both Sexes		2.6	**	**	2.9	2.5	3.3	3.5	4.2	6.0
		Male	4.8	**	**	5.5	**	5.9	**	9.5	15.8
		Female	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
	Black, Both Sexes		1.8	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
		Male	3.5	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
		Female	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION (X93-X95,Y35)
	All Races, Both Sexes		1.9	**	5.6	5.2	2.2	**	**	**	**
		Male	3.4	**	9.1	9.7	3.3	**	**	**	**
		Female	0.6	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
	White, Both Sexes		0.9	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
		Male	1.4	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
		Female	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
	Black, Both Sexes		8.0	**	21.0	21.1	**	**	**	**	**
		Male	15.5	**	36.1	41.7	**	**	**	**	**
		Female	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
"All Races" includes races other than white and black and race not stated.
"All Ages" includes age not stated.
Rates are computed per 100,000 race-, sex-, and age-specific population.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.