Last week, I wrote about different ways that Americans die, with a focus on what role guns play compared to other causes of death.
Much of the post was based on a report, Deaths: Final Data for 2009, that spans 119 pages and is supplemented by 11 pages of additional tables. As previously noted, the Centers for Disease Control has sliced and diced the data in multiple ways.
Because this information can be difficult for readers to digest in bulk, this is the fourth and likely final post in a series presenting excerpts from these Centers for Disease Control publications. (The first two entries appeared on Thursday and Friday of last week; the third, on Monday of this week.)
Please enjoy these data on 2009 American deaths:
• There were 5,005 deaths listed as having unspecified intent, meaning authorities could not determine whether the fatalities were intentional or accidental. Of those, 232 involved gunfire.
• Of 25,562 falling deaths, 18 were homicides and 67 had undetermined intent.
• There were 4,211 drownings, most accidental. Read the rest of this entry »