Firearm deaths of children and teens ages 0-19, by manner, 1997

                                                                Unknown
                          Total  Homicide   Suicide  Accident    Intent

Alabama                      93        57        23        10         3
Alaska                       23         9        10         2         2
Arizona                     117        53        52         5         7
Arkansas                     55        28        18         7         2
California                  594       457       106        26         5
Colorado                     57        22        31         4         0
Connecticut                  21        17         4         0         0
Delaware                      7         2         5         0         0
District of Columbia         65        59         4         1         1
Florida                     165       108        44        12         1
Georgia                     129        70        35        20         4
Hawaii                        3         2         1         0         0
Idaho                        26         2        21         3         0
Illinois                    254       211        29        10         4
Indiana                      79        47        21         8         3
Iowa                         33         8        20         3         2
Kansas                       53        28        17         7         1
Kentucky                     57        34        16         7         0
Louisiana                   154        98        39        15         2
Maine                        13         3        10         0         0
Maryland                    104        91        11         2         0
Massachusetts                24        17         6         0         1
Michigan                    156       103        41        10         2
Minnesota                    55        26        25         4         0
Mississippi                  81        41        28        11         1
Missouri                     97        48        34        13         2
Montana                      16         4         8         3         1
Nebraska                     26        12        13         1         0
Nevada                       34        21        13         0         0
New Hampshire                 2         1         1         0         0
New Jersey                   53        43         7         3         0
New Mexico                   40        22        14         3         1
New York                    146       107        33         4         2
North Carolina               92        45        37         9         1
North Dakota                  8         0         8         0         0
Ohio                         95        49        36         8         2
Oklahoma                     82        48        29         3         2
Oregon                       38        13        19         3         3
Pennsylvania                167       108        49         9         1
Rhode Island                  4         2         2         0         0
South Carolina               54        32        16         5         1
South Dakota                 12         0         7         5         0
Tennessee                   117        64        37        12         4
Texas                       377       194       139        39         5
Utah                         35        10        24         0         1
Vermont                       4         2         1         0         1
Virginia                    114        68        39         5         2
Washington                   83        35        36         8         4
West Virginia                23         9        10         3         1
Wisconsin                    58        31        26         1         0
Wyoming                      10         1         7         2         0

United States             4,205     2,562     1,262       306        75

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.