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Duquet, Nils and Maarten Van Alstein. 2015 ‘Firearms-Related Deaths in Belgium, 2003-2010.’ Firearms and Violent Deaths in Europe: An Exploratory Analysis of the Linkages Between Gun Ownership, Firearms Legislation and Violent Death; Chapter 5 (Table 11), p. 52. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. 25 June

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Table 11: Firearms-Related Deaths, Belgium, 2003-2010

Year: Number of Suicides (With firearms) - Total Suicides - Number of Homicides (With firearms) - Total Homicides - Total mortality

2010: 144 - 2,011 - 36 - 117 - 197
2009: 153 - 2,013 - 33 - 134 - 189
2008: 189 - 2,000 - 29 - 128 - 231
2007: 165 - 1,856 - 35 - 157 - 210
2006: 207 - 1,934 - 31 - 146 - 256
2005: 240 - 2,028 - 46 - 163 - 315
2004: 234 - 1,986 - 59 - 178 - 309
2003: 261 - 2,091 - 53 - 144 - 330

* The total mortality rate involving a firearm includes, besides suicides and homicides, also a small number of accidents (average: 2,4 per year) and deaths in which the cause is unclear (average: 13,7 per year). These statistics are not included in table 11 but can be obtained from the authors.

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Duquet, N. & Van Alstein, M. (2015), Gun Control in Belgium: A Review of the Effects of the 2006 Weapons Law, Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute

ID: Q11935

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