Firearm deaths of children and teens ages 0-19, by manner, 1998

                                                                Unknown
                          Total  Homicide   Suicide  Accident    Intent

Alabama                      86        47        24        11         4
Alaska                       16         3        10         3         0
Arizona                     102        49        43         6         4
Arkansas                     69        36        24         3         6
California                  493       372       102        13         6
Colorado                     60        29        26         4         1
Connecticut                  23        15         6         2         0
Delaware                      2         2         0         0         0
District of Columbia         30        27         3         0         0
Florida                     154        80        65         8         1
Georgia                     111        61        39        10         1
Hawaii                        4         2         2         0         0
Idaho                        27         3        18         5         1
Illinois                    264       206        40        13         5
Indiana                      92        57        27         7         1
Iowa                         26         6        15         5         0
Kansas                       54        28        22         3         1
Kentucky                     44        17        23         3         1
Louisiana                   124        74        35        15         0
Maine                        10         2         7         1         0
Maryland                    108        89        13         2         4
Massachusetts                28        19         8         1         0
Michigan                    135        87        43         3         2
Minnesota                    34        12        22         0         0
Mississippi                  55        28        19         7         1
Missouri                     89        52        32         4         1
Montana                      17         3        12         2         0
Nebraska                     30        13        15         2         0
Nevada                       48        26        20         1         1
New Hampshire                 9         0         9         0         0
New Jersey                   49        35        13         1         0
New Mexico                   47        25        14         8         0
New York                    123        88        28         5         2
North Carolina               88        43        30        13         2
North Dakota                  7         2         4         1         0
Ohio                        100        48        41        11         0
Oklahoma                     61        22        30         6         3
Oregon                       30        10        13         4         3
Pennsylvania                123        79        34         4         6
Rhode Island                  5         4         1         0         0
South Carolina               60        30        23         7         0
South Dakota                 12         2         9         1         0
Tennessee                   109        53        38        16         2
Texas                       322       176       108        29         9
Utah                         32        12        19         1         0
Vermont                       5         0         5         0         0
Virginia                     97        46        39         9         3
Washington                   66        28        32         5         1
West Virginia                19         5        12         1         1
Wisconsin                    53        30        18         5         0
Wyoming                       9         1         6         1         1

United States             3,761     2,184     1,241       262        74

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.