DATA RELEASED IN PARLIAMENTARY ANSWERS

Data on gun incidents in the UK are often provided as Answers to Parliamentary questions.

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d. Gun Deaths

Answer given by Exchequer Secretary Angela Eagle to question from Chris Mullin (25 October 2007)

Number of Deaths from Firearms Injury - United Kingdom, 1994 to 2006

Figures include deaths with a Coroner's verdict of accident, suicide, homicide and undetermined intent. (* given in a previous Parliamentary answer)

 

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.

 

Year	Number of Deaths
1994*	341
1995*	358
1996*	254
1997	198
1998	229
1999	207
2000	204
2001	193
2002	181
2003	187
2004	191
2005	185
2006	210