Examining firearm-related deaths in Mexico, 2015–2022

Table 1 Rates of firearm deaths, percentage increases in rates, and the proportion of firearm deaths by intent, sex, and age groups, 2015–2022

	Rates per 100 k			Percentage
	2015	2022	2015–2022	Rate change 2022 versus 2015	Proportion of all firearm deaths 2015–2022
Total	11.71	18.35	18.71	56.70	100.00
Intent
Homicide	10.37	16.87	17.25	62.68	92.19
Suicide	0.47	0.36	0.41	− 23.40	2.17
Unintentional shootings	0.50	0.57	0.52	14.00	2.79
Undetermined	0.37	0.55	0.53	48.64	2.85
Sex
Males	21.95	33.64	34.77	53.26	91.17
Females	1.83	3.65	3.23	99.45	8.83
Age groups (years)
0–9	0.29	0.31	0.36	6.90	0.35
10–19	5.16	8.65	8.08	67.64	8.12
20–29	19.72	31.84	33.04	61.46	31.88
30–39	22.45	33.82	35.66	50.65	28.62
40–49	17.69	27.43	27.41	55.06	18.76
50–59	10.92	15.42	15.46	41.21	8.09
60–69	7.36	8.15	8.92	10.73	2.90
70+	4.39	4.62	4.78	5.24	1.28

There were few observations where sex (< 1%) and age (< 4%) were missing. Hence, the proportion of firearm deaths among these categories (5th column) are based on specified data (excluding missing data). Percentage changes (4th column) are based on rates rounded to the hundredth place

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