> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave Land > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:11 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Guns > > On Mar 22, 2006, at 5:41 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,1736424,00.html?gusrc=rss > > > > "A child is killed by a gun every three hours in America. According > > to the latest statistics, nearly 1,000 children under 19 are shot > > dead every year. > > No time to wade into this in any depth, but 1 child every 3 hours = 8 > * 365 = 2920, not "nearly 1,000" -- Unless the first sentence uses > some other definition of "child" or "killed" or "gun" than the second > sentence.
The latest (2003) statistics I found at the CDC for 19 and younger Total Population: ~81 million Accidental Firearm Deaths: 191 Homicide by Firearm: 1822 Legal Intervention/Firearms 22 Suicide by Firearms: 810 Unknown Intent by Firearms 44 Total by firearms 2849 For 15-19, I get Total Population: ~20.5 million Accidental Firearm Deaths: 95 Homicide by Firearm: 1587 Legal Intervention/Firearms 20 Suicide by Firearms: 736 Unknown Intent by Firearms 31 Total by firearms 2469 The numbers indicate that the vast majority of firearm deaths under 19 are in the roughly quarter of those under 20 that are 15-19. The only category where the 0-14 death total is greater than the 15-19 total is accidental deaths (96 vs. 91), and that is statistically equivalent. Finally, using a more common definition of child (under 13) we get the following numbers: Total Population: ~52 million Accidental Firearm Deaths: 31 Homicide by Firearm: 146 Legal Intervention/Firearms 0 Suicide by Firearms: 16 Unknown Intent by Firearms 5 Total by firearms 198 Using this definition of child, just less than 4 children a week are killed by guns. The chance of an individual child being killed is slightly less than 4 in a million per year. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
