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Table 1 Summary of prior research on circumstances of unintentional firearm fatalities

From: Unintentional firearm deaths in the United States 2005–2015

Year

Title & Authors

Location

Ages

Time period

N

% Hunting

% Playing with gun

1984

Accidental death by gunshot wound — fact or fiction

Copeland AR

Metro-Dade county, FL, USA

all

1972–1982

54

7%

22%

1987

Accidental firearm fatalities during hunting

Ornehult L, Eriksson A

Sweden

all

1970–1982

47

59%

1986

Accidental firearm fatalities in North Carolina, 1976–80

Morrow PL, Hudson P

North Carolina, USA

all

1976–1980

210

19%

19%

1991

Accidental firearm fatalities among New Mexico children

Martin JR, Sklar DP, McFeeley P

New Mexico, USA

0–14

1984–1988

25

0%

68%

1992

So-called accidental firearm fatalities in children and teenagers in Tennessee, 1961–1988

Harruff RC

Tennessee, USA

0–19

1961–1988

225

17%

44%

2001

A population based study of unintentional firearm fatalities

Cherry D, Runyan C, Butts J

North Carolina, USA

all

1985–1994

390

10%

35%

2002

Accidental firearm fatalities. Forensic and preventive implications

Karger B, Billeb E, Koops E

Two cities in Germany

all

1967–1997

32

19%

19%

2012

Unintentional firearm hunting deaths in Sweden

Junuzovic M, Eriksson A

Sweden

all

1983–2008

48

53%

2016

Unintentional Nonhunting Firearm Deaths in Sweden, 1983–2012

Junuzovic M, Sjoberg A, Eriksson A

Sweden

all

1983–2012

43

30%