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Death Rate due to Firearms, Drugs, and Alcohol
by Race and Sex, 1999–2003

(per 100,000 population in specified group)

	All races¹			White			Black			Hispanic²
	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female	Both	Male	Female
Death by firearms:³
1999	10.3	18.1	2.9	9.2	15.9	2.8	19.4	36.0	4.4	8.5	14.6	2.0
2000	10.2	17.8	2.8	9.1	15.6	2.7	19.3	36.1	4.0	8.2	14.2	1.8
2001	10.4	18.2	2.8	9.4	16.2	2.7	19.3	36.4	3.8	8.3	14.6	1.7
2002	10.5	18.4	2.8	9.3	16.1	2.7	20.2	37.8	3.9	8.1	14.2	1.6
2003	10.4	18.3	2.7	9.2	16.0	2.6	20.1	37.8	3.9	8.3	14.6	1.7
Death by drug-related causes:
1999	6.9	9.4	4.4	6.9	9.3	4.5	8.6	12.7	4.8	5.8	9.2	2.2
2000	7.0	9.5	4.6	7.1	9.6	4.7	8.3	12.0	4.9	4.8	7.4	2.1
2001	7.6	10.2	5.1	7.8	10.4	5.4	8.5	12.2	5.1	4.7	7.0	2.2
2002	9.0	11.8	6.3	9.4	12.2	6.7	9.2	12.8	5.8	5.5	8.2	2.6
2003	9.9	12.9	7.0	10.4	13.5	7.4	9.2	12.7	6.1	5.9	8.7	2.9
Death by alcohol-related causes:
1999	7.0	10.9	3.2	7.0	10.9	3.1	7.8	12.2	3.9	6.4	10.7	1.9
2000	7.0	10.9	3.2	7.1	11.0	3.2	7.4	11.4	3.7	6.6	11.1	1.7
2001	7.1	10.8	3.4	7.2	11.0	3.4	7.3	11.6	3.5	6.4	10.7	2.0
2002	7.0	10.8	3.4	7.2	11.1	3.4	6.4	10.0	3.2	6.2	10.3	1.8
2003	7.1	10.9	3.4	7.4	11.3	3.5	6.3	10.0	2.9	6.1	9.9	1.9

1. Includes races other than white and black.

2. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

3. The death rate by firearms was 14.9 in 1980, and 13.3 in 1985. It peaked at 15.4 in 1993, and has been on the decline since.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 54, no. 13, Apr. 19, 2006.