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County Specific Data -- Overall Firearm Death Counts and Rates

 

Overall Firearm Deaths Compared by County, 1997-2006 (Counties are Ranked by Fatality Rate Per 100,000 People, Highest to Lowest)

County
Total Firearm Death Count 1997-2006
Firearm Death Rate 1997-2006
Wahkiakum
11
 31.74
Columbia
 10
27.01
Ferry
 16
 24.19
Skamania
 18
19.76
Garfield
 4
18.61
Stevens
66
17.94
Okanogan
63
17.64
Klickitat
29
 16.61
Pacific
 30
15.77
Pend Oreille
 17
15.74
Asotin
 29
 15.50
Grays Harbor
 93
 14.97
Lewis
 94
14.75
Clallam
 87
14.69
Lincoln
 13
14.20
Mason
 61
13.30
Yakima
 250
12.22
San Juan
 16
11.92
Jefferson
 28
11.50
Cowlitz
 98
 11.46
Pierce
 760
11.44
Spokane
 413
10.65
Benton
142
10.38
Thurston
 196
9.97
Adams
15
9.92
Grant
69
 9.87
Clark
 329
9.74
Franklin
 49
 9.70
Skagit
 93
 9.58
Island
63
9.41
Kitsap
199
 9.31
Chelan
 55
8.94
Walla Walla 45
8.86
Douglas
27
8.83
Whatcom
135
8.53
Kittitas
26 8.14
King
1298
8.07
Snohomish
 457
7.94
Whitman
24
 6.43