*The age-adjusted death rate is a weighted average of the age-specific death rate (deaths per 100,000 population in each age category), where the weights represent the fixed population proportions by age. The age-adjusted death rate is used to make comparisons of relative mortality risks across groups and over time.

Data compiled by the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, 1998.
Data were obtained from cdc wonder's mortality file using the following e codes:
Homicide = e965.0-E965.4, E970; Suicide = e955.0-E955.4; Unintentional = e922; Undetermined = e985.0-E985.4