Firearm Suicide and Firearm Homicide Mortality Rates, by State and Large Capacity Magazine Ban Policy, United States (1999-2017)

Graph Prepared By: Isaac H. Michaels, MPH
Death Data Source: CDC WONDER
State Policy Data Source: www.statefirearmlaws.org

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Suppression

To protect individual confidentiality, mortality rates are not displayed when when they are based on fewer than ten deaths.

Definitions

• Firearm suicide: Underlying cause of death ICD-10 codes X72, X73, X74.
  
• Firearm homicide: Underlying cause of death ICD-10 codes X93, X94, X95.
  
• Large capacity magazine ban policies: Ban on sale of large capacity magazines beyond just ammunition for pistols. Law bans the sale of both assault pistol ammunition and other large capacity magazines. During the period of the federal ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines (1999-2004), states only receive a point for this provision if they had enacted their own ban on large capacity ammunition magazines.