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Australian statistics on death by firearms 1995-1996

Australian Bureau of Statistics
31 October 1997

Type 1995 1996 Variation
Total overall Homicide - all causes 333 326 -7
Total Overall Suicides - all causes 2,367 2,393 +26
Homicide by firearm 67 104 +37
Homicide by firearm less Pt Arthur 67 69 +2
Suicide by firearm 388 382 -6
Accidents 15 30 +15
Legal intervention 6 0 -6
Undetermined 3 5 +2
Total death by firearm 479 521 +42
Total death by firearm less Pt Arthur 479 486 +7

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