Firearm deaths and hospitalisations in Australia

Renate Kreisfeld

February 2005

Firearms have been a major cause of death over the years. Available deaths data covering the period 1979–2002 show that, in 1987, the year in which the highest number of firearm-related deaths was recorded, there were 711 such fatalities. Hospitalisations data covering a recent one-year period (2001–2002) record 443 cases of firearm-related hospitalisation over that period. These deaths and hospitalisations are described below.

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