GUN DEATHS AND INJURIES
The following data have been provided in
Parliamentary Answers
Gun Deaths
Number of
Deaths
from Firearms Injury - United Kingdom, 1997
to 2006
Figures include deaths with a
Coroner's verdict of accident, suicide, homicide and
undetermined intent.
Answer given on 25 October
2007
|
Year
|
Number
|
|
1997 |
198 |
|
1998 |
229 |
|
1999 |
207 |
|
2000 |
204 |
|
2001 |
193 |
|
2002 |
181 |
|
2003 |
187 |
|
2004 |
191 |
|
2005 |
185 |
|
2006 |
210 |
In a previous parliamentary answer
the figures for 1994, 1995 and 1996 were given as 341, 358 and
254 respectively
Cause of death was defined using the
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9)
codes E922, E955.0-E955.4, E965.0-E965.4, E985.0-E985.4 and E970
from 1997 to 2000 for England and Wales and Northern Ireland and
from 1997 to 1999 for Scotland, and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes W32-W34, X72-X74,
X93-X95, Y22-Y24 and Y35.0 from 2001 onwards for England and
Wales and Northern Ireland and from 2000 for Scotland.
Figures are for deaths occurring in each calendar year.
Patients admitted to hospital in
England as a result of gunshot injuries
Information is not collected centrally on
the number of patients treated in accident and emergency but not
admitted. The information covers England only.
Injuries from
gunshots—primary diagnosis (ICD-10 SOO—T98) injury. Cause code (ICD-10
W32—W34)—discharge from firearm.
Count of finished admission episodes—national health service
hospitals, England 1998–99 to 2002–03
|
Year
|
Admissions
|
|
1998–99 |
134 |
|
1999–2000 |
117 |
|
2000–01 |
102 |
|
2001–02 |
155 |
|
2002–03 |
129 |
Notes:
1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care
under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that
admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may
have more than one admission within a year.
2. The cause code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of
any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse affects.
3. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to
2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episode statistics data set
and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
Injuries to Police Officers
Crimes recorded
by the police in which a police officer on duty was injured by a
firearm—1997–98 to 2002–03
|
Period
|
Total |
Fatal injury |
Serious injury |
Slight injury |
|
1997–98 |
6 |
— |
3 |
3 |
|
1998–99 |
11 |
— |
— |
11 |
|
1999–2000 |
10 |
— |
— |
10 |
|
2000–01 |
7 |
— |
5 |
2 |
|
2001–02 |
10 |
— |
— |
10 |
|
2002–03 |
12 |
— |
1 |
11 |
A serious injury is
one which necessitated detention in hospital or involved fractures,
concussion, severe general shock, penetration by a bullet or multiple
shot wounds
