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Table 2 Percentage of firearm deaths (across years, intent, and sex) by urbanicity and location, 2015–2022

From: Examining firearm-related deaths in Mexico, 2015–2022

 

Year

Intent

Sex

2015–2022 (%)

2015 (%)

2022 (%)

Firearm homicides (%)

Firearm suicides (%)

Unintentional shootings (%)

Undetermined intent (%)

Males (%)

Females (%)

Urbanicity

 Urban

84.07

76.82

86.80

84.40

72.77

80.22

86.36

83.83

86.49

 Rural

15.93

23.18

13.20

15.60

27.23

19.78

13.64

16.17

13.51

Location

 Households

14.96

13.97

17.69

13.17

73.31

26.85

20.56

13.82

26.97

 Schools or office

0.26

0.35

0.22

0.24

0.80

0.64

0.39

0.25

0.36

 Sporting areas

0.30

0.31

0.38

0.30

0.21

0.37

0.27

0.30

0.21

 Street or public spaces

67.33

66.86

64.76

69.20

10.31

49.95

60.33

68.42

55.89

 Commercial areas

3.42

3.22

3.65

3.51

1.82

0.96

2.65

3.38

3.88

 Industrial areas

0.47

0.53

0.49

0.48

0.51

0.27

0.18

0.50

0.15

 Farms or ranches

3.02

4.66

1.99

2.95

4.68

4.80

2.83

3.08

2.27

 Other

10.25

10.09

10.82

10.15

8.36

16.15

12.78

10.24

10.26

  1. Observations for urbanicity (8.4%) and for location (17.3%) were missing. To estimate percentages for each category, missing data was excluded
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