Advance Data Number 242, January 27, 1994. Firearm and Motor Vehicle Injury Mortality: Variations by State, Race and Ethnicity, United States, 1990-91.

摘要

In this report, numbers of firearm and motor vehicle deaths are compared within States for persons of all races in 1991, and within States for the non- Hispanic white, Hispanic, black, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Anerican Indian/Alaskan Native (hereafter referred to, respectively, as Asian and American Indian) populations for 1990-91. The extent to which homicide and suicide contribute to firearm deaths is also examined for these groups. In addition, this report includes an analysis of State-, race-, and ethnic-specific firearm and motor vehicle death rates for persons 15-34 years of age.