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Table 1 Crude rates of fatal and non-fatal firearm injuries, by sex and cause, Canada 2016 to 2020

From: Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases

Cause of injury or death

Sex combined

Female

Male

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

Deaths*

All causes

4005

2.17 (2.10, 2.24)

273 (6.82)

0.29 (0.26, 0.33)

3732 (93.18)

4.07 (3.94, 4.20)

Suicide

2895 (72.28)

1.57 (1.51, 1.62)

118 (43.22)

0.13 (0.10, 0.15)

2777 (74.41)

3.03 (2.92, 3.14)

Homicide

933 (23.30)

0.51 (0.47, 0.54)

144 (52.75)

0.15 (0.13, 0.18)

789 (21.14)

0.86 (0.80, 0.92)

Unintentional

74 (1.85)

0.04 (0.03, 0.05)

7 (2.56)

0.01 (0.00, 0.01)

67 (1.80)

0.07 (0.06, 0.09)

Undetermined

37 (0.92)

0.02 (0.01, 0.05)

0 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00, 0.00)

37 (0.99)

0.04 (0.03, 0.05)

Legal intervention

66 (1.65)

0.04 (0.03, 0.04)

4 (1.46)

0.00 (0.00, 0.01)

62 (1.66)

0.07 (0.05, 0.08)

Hospitalizationsƚ

All causes

3169

2.22 (2.14, 2.30)

309 (9.75)

0.43 (0.38, 0.48)

2860 (90.25)

4.04 (3.89, 4.19)

Self-harm

206 (6.50)

0.14 (0.12, 0.16)

17 (5.50)

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

189 (6.61)

0.27 (0.23, 0.31)

Assault

1546 (48.79)

1.08 (1.03, 1.14)

139 (44.98)

0.19 (0.16, 0.23)

1407 (49.20)

1.99 (1.88, 2.09)

Unintentional

1150 (36.29)

0.81 (0.76, 0.85)

129 (41.75)

0.18 (0.15, 0.21)

1021 (35.70)

1.44 (1.35, 1.53)

Undetermined

170 (5.36)

0.12 (0.10, 0.14)

17 (5.50)

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

153 (5.35)

0.22 (0.18, 0.25)

Legal intervention

97 (3.06)

0.07 (0.05, 0.08)

7 (2.27)

0.01 (0.00, 0.02)

90 (3.15)

0.13 (0.10, 0.15)

Emergency department visitsǂ

All causes

2847

3.06 (2.95, 3.18)

353 (12.40)

0.74 (0.66, 0.82)

2494 (87.60)

5.42 (5.20, 5.63)

Self-harm

56 (2.00)

0.06 (0.04, 0.08)

 < 5 (< 5.0)

0.01 (0.00, 0.02)

50–54 (< 5.0)

0.11 (0.08, 0.14)

Assault

779 (27.36)

0.84 (0.78, 0.90)

83 (23.51)

0.18 (0.14, 0.22)

696 (27.91)

1.51 (1.40, 1.62)

Unintentional

1788 (62.80)

1.92 (1.84, 2.01)

238 (67.42)

0.51 (0.44, 0.57)

1550 (62.15)

3.37 (3.20, 3.53)

Undetermined

140 (4.92)

0.15 (0.13, 0.18)

20 (5.67)

0.04 (0.02, 0.06)

120 (4.81)

0.26 (0.21, 0.31)

Legal intervention

84 (2.95)

0.09 (0.07, 0.11)

5–9 (< 5.0)

0.02 (0.00, 0.03)

75–79 (< 5.0)

0.17 (0.13, 0.20)

  1. Data sources: Deaths, Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database; Hospitalizations, Discharge Abstract Database; Emergency department visits, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System
  2. CI Confidence interval
  3. Sex-specific rates per 100,000 population are calculated using Statistics Canada population estimates from 2016 to 2020, with 95% CIs
  4. *Including Yukon in 2016
  5. ƚExcluding Quebec from 2016 to 2020
  6. ǂIncluding only Alberta, Ontario and Yukon from 2016 to 2020
  7. Hospitalization and emergency department data with small counts between one and four have been presented as a range
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