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Kochanek, Kenneth D, Jiaquan Xu, Sherry L Murphy, Arialdi M Miniño and Hsiang-Ching Kung. 2011 ‘Gun Deaths in Virgin Islands (US), 2009.’ National Vital Statistics Reports: Deaths, Final Data for 2009; Vol 60, No. 3 (Table 19), pp. 86-88. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics / National Vital Statistics System. 29 December
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Table 19: Number of deaths, death rates, and age-adjusted death rates for major causes of death,Virgin Islands, 2009
Assault (Homicides - All Methods) [ICD-10 Code1: X85-Y89]
Year: Number of Deaths - Crude Rate Per 100,000
2009: 50 - 45.5
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicides - All Methods) [ICD-10 Code: X60-X84]
Year: Number of Deaths - Crude Rate Per 100,000
2009: 9 - nr*
Injury by Firearm**
Year: Number of Deaths - Crude Rate Per 100,000
2009: 52 - 47.4
Note:
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision
** ICD–10 codes for Injury by firearms are *U01.4, W32-W34, X72-X74, X93-X95, Y22-Y24, and Y35.0;
[nr = Not reported]
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