Australian Institute of Health and Welfare NISU

The data presented here were initially extracted from the detailed data tables on this site for the period 1979-1994, but have since been updated to 1999.

Please refer to the documentation accompanying these tables so that you understand the definitions of the data and the time periods reported.

Numbers of Firearm Related Deaths Australia 1979-1999 by Intent

	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Unintentional	65	62	36	48	40	32	35	28	27	30	19	30	29	24	18	20	15	30	19	21	28
Suicide	523	516	495	541	512	523	550	548	571	521	450	486	505	488	431	420	388	382	330	234	269
Homicide	97	109	87	100	92	120	97	101	96	123	80	79	84	96	64	76	67	104	79	57	50
Undetermined	20	11	11	8	6	7	24	15	10	17	13	15	5	7	6	6	3	5	2	8	2
Legal intervention	3	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	7	4	7	4	6	7	3	7	6	0	7	7	4
Total	708	700	632	701	654	687	710	696	711	695	569	614	629	622	522	529	479	521	437	327	353