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Table 4 Age-standardized rates of fatal and non-fatal firearm injuries, by year 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

Years

All causes*

Suicide/self-harm

Homicide/assault

Unintentional

Undetermined

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

N (%)

Rate per 100,000 population (95% CI)

Deathsƚ

2016

738 (18.43)

2.02 (1.88, 2.17)

570 (19.69)

1.56 (1.43, 1.69)

138 (14.79)

0.38 (0.31, 0.44)

15 (20.27)

0.04 (0.02, 0.06)

5 (13.51)

0.01 (0.00, 0.02)

2017

861 (21.50)

2.34 (2.18, 2.50)

616 (21.28)

1.67 (1.54, 1.80)

210 (22.51)

0.58 (0.50, 0.65)

12 (16.22)

0.03 (0.01, 0.05)

7 (18.92)

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

2018

839 (20.95)

2.24 (2.09, 2.39)

598 (20.66)

1.59 (1.46, 1.72)

208 (22.29)

0.56 (0.48, 0.64)

8 (10.81)

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

8 (21.62)

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

2019

849 (21.20)

2.23 (2.08, 2.38)

602 (20.79)

1.57 (1.45, 1.70)

206 (22.08)

0.55 (0.47, 0.62)

20 (27.03)

0.05 (0.03, 0.07)

13 (35.14)

0.03 (0.01, 0.05)

2020§

718 (17.93)

1.85 (1.72, 1.99)

509 (17.58)

1.30 (1.19, 1.42)

171 (18.33)

0.45 (0.38, 0.52)

19 (25.68)

0.05 (0.03, 0.07)

4 (10.81)

0.01 (0.00, 0.02)

Hospitalizationsǂ

2016

553 (17.45)

1.96 (1.80, 2.12)

39 (18.93)

0.14 (0.10, 0.19)

288 (18.64)

1.02 (0.90, 1.13)

188 (16.35)

0.67 (0.57, 0.77)

28 (16.47)

0.10 (0.06, 0.13)

2017

543 (17.13)

1.91 (1.75, 2.07)

41 (19.90)

0.14 (0.10, 0.19)

265 (17.15)

0.93 (0.82, 1.04)

191 (16.61)

0.68 (0.58, 0.77)

24 (14.12)

0.08 (0.05, 0.12)

2018

612 (19.31)

2.12 (1.95, 2.29)

38 (18.45)

0.14 (0.09, 0.18)

296 (19.16)

1.03 (0.91, 1.14)

221 (19.22)

0.77 (0.66, 0.87)

39 (22.94)

0.14 (0.09, 0.18)

2019

728 (22.97)

2.48 (2.30, 2.66)

39 (18.93)

0.13 (0.09, 0.18)

361 (23.30)

1.23 (1.10, 1.35)

258 (22.43)

0.89 (0.78, 0.99)

42 (24.71)

0.14 (0.10, 0,19)

2020§

733 (23.13)

2.46 (2.28, 2.64)

49 (23.79)

0.17 (0.12, 0.21)

336 (21.75)

1.13 (1.00, 1.24)

292 (25.39)

0.98 (0.87, 1.09)

37 (21.76)

0.13 (0.09, 0.17)

  1. Data sources: Deaths, Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database; Hospitalizations, Discharge Abstract Database
  2. Age-standardized rates per 100,000 population are standardized to the 2011 Canadian population using direct standardization, with 95% CIs
  3. CI Confidence interval
  4. *Including legal interventions
  5. ƚIncluding Yukon in 2016
  6. ǂExcluding Quebec from 2016 to 2020
  7. §2020 data are provisional and subject to be updated due to report delay; therefore, results for 2020 are likely underestimated