Firearm deaths among children and teens ages 0-19, by manner, 1994

                                                                 Unknown
                           Total  Homicide   Suicide  Accident    Intent

Alabama                       148        78        34        30         6
Alaska                         28         7        14         7         0
Arizona                       125        60        45        10        10
Arkansas                       62        33        23         2         4
California                    887       698       119        58        12
Colorado                       67        26        35         3         3
Connecticut                    53        35        14         4         0
Delaware                        8         3         3         2         0
District of Columbia           77        75         1         1         0
Florida                       229       150        67        10         2
Georgia                       188       111        55        16         6
Hawaii                          9         0         8         1         0
Idaho                          25         5        14         6         0
Illinois                      398       327        52        15         4
Indiana                       118        59        44        13         2
Iowa                           39         7        27         4         1
Kansas                         63        33        22         6         2
Kentucky                       73        22        33        18         0
Louisiana                     211       137        49        15        10
Maine                          14         6         8         0         0
Maryland                       95        81        11         2         1
Massachusetts                  46        36         9         1         0
Michigan                      238       153        63        13         9
Minnesota                      42        17        19         5         1
Mississippi                   106        61        20        22         3
Missouri                      164        99        30        29         6
Montana                        23         4        11         7         1
Nebraska                       22         6        10         4         2
Nevada                         42        20        15         4         3
New Hampshire                   6         1         5         0         0
New Jersey                     63        44        13         3         3
New Mexico                     49        21        24         3         1
New York                      331       251        57        19         4
North Carolina                157        79        60        15         3
North Dakota                   12         1        10         1         0
Ohio                          154        71        62        20         1
Oklahoma                       78        43        25         6         4
Oregon                         55        19        26         9         1
Pennsylvania                  156        96        50         7         3
Rhode Island                    6         4         1         1         0
South Carolina                 80        49        15        16         0
South Dakota                   14         0        10         4         0
Tennessee                     127        65        38        23         1
Texas                         523       319       151        38        15
Utah                           45        14        30         0         1
Vermont                         7         0         6         1         0
Virginia                      116        67        37         9         3
Washington                     93        43        37         8         5
West Virginia                  25         4        14         4         3
Wisconsin                      78        34        28        15         1
Wyoming                        18         5        11         2         0

United States               5,793     3,579     1,565       512       137

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center
for Health Statistics, unpublished tabulations, Table III: Deaths from 282
Selected Causes.  Calculations by Children's Defense Fund.