Firearm deaths among children and teens, ages 0-19, by manner, 1996

                                                                Unknown
                          Total  Homicide   Suicide  Accident    Intent

Alabama                     104        59        25        14         6
Alaska                       22         6        12         4         0
Arizona                     120        64        47         4         5
Arkansas                     63        27        26         9         1
California                  672       508       108        52         4
Colorado                     43        15        23         4         1
Connecticut                  36        29         6         1         0
Delaware                      5         4         1         0         0
District of Columbia         62        59         1         0         2
Florida                     190       116        57        12         5
Georgia                     160        79        51        24         6
Hawaii                        3         2         1         0         0
Idaho                        27        11        11         4         1
Illinois                    308       263        33         7         5
Indiana                      98        55        30         8         5
Iowa                         22         8        13         0         1
Kansas                       53        24        22         7         0
Kentucky                     52        23        20         9         0
Louisiana                   192       133        43        15         1
Maine                         5         1         4         0         0
Maryland                    106        88        13         3         2
Massachusetts                32        26         5         0         1
Michigan                    157        96        42        13         6
Minnesota                    56        25        21         6         4
Mississippi                  77        38        19        18         2
Missouri                    101        63        33         5         0
Montana                      20         4        12         3         1
Nebraska                     28         8        17         3         0
Nevada                       36        25         8         3         0
New Hampshire                 7         1         6         0         0
New Jersey                   66        55         6         4         1
New Mexico                   43        22        17         2         2
New York                    199       150        43         6         0
North Carolina              135        70        49        15         1
North Dakota                  9         0         8         1         0
Ohio                        126        75        31        17         3
Oklahoma                     61        30        25         5         1
Oregon                       39         9        24         6         0
Pennsylvania                181       113        59         4         5
Rhode Island                  6         5         1         0         0
South Carolina               78        39        27         9         3
South Dakota                 10         1         9         0         0
Tennessee                   123        66        32        23         2
Texas                       359       202       121        27         9
Utah                         37        11        24         0         2
Vermont                       5         1         2         1         1
Virginia                    109        54        43        12         0
Washington                   67        31        31         4         1
West Virginia                16         6         8         2         0
Wisconsin                    76        35        32         8         1
Wyoming                      11         1         7         2         1

United States             4,613     2,836     1,309       376        92

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.