| Gun Statistics |
| Based on 1990 FBI Uniform Crime Reports and City Police (the info is 10 years old, but will have to do for now) |
| NEWARK NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO BALTIMORE DETROIT WASHINGTON, DC BOSTON |
40.7 30.7 30.6 41.4 56.6 77.8 24.9 |
2187.7 1364.5 1334.8 1287.6 1265.7 1213.5 1048.6 |
| cities with restrictive gun statutes: rates per 100,000 |
| CITY |
| HOMICIDE |
| ROBBERY |
| cities with lenient gun statutes: rates per 100,000 |
WICHITA AUSTIN EL PASO |
354.9 313.8 268.0 |
5.9 9.9 6.6 |
| 12 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH |
| ALL CAUSES Heart Diseases Cancers Strokes Accidents (details in table below) Chronic Pulmonary Diseases Pneumonia & Influenza Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diabetes Diseases of Arteries Suicide Homicide & Legal Intervention Cirrhosis & Other Liver Diseases |
| 2,162,000 725,000 506,000 145,000 93,500 89,000 78,500 58,000 49,000 41,000 30,800 25,700 25,600 |
| ACCIDENTAL DEATHS |
| ALL ACCIDENTS Motor Vehicle Falls Poisoning (solid, liquid, gas) Fire & Flames Suffocation (mechanical, ingestion) Drowning Other Transportation Surgical/Medical Misadventures Natural/Environmental Factors Firearms |
| 93,500 48.024 12,096 6,226 4,965 4,761 4,199 3,831 2,858 1,798 1,501 |