Means Matter: Lethality

Fatal
Nonfatal
Total
% Fatal

Firearm
16,869
2,980
19,849
85%

Suffocation
6,198
2,761
8,959
69%

Poisoning/overdose
5,191
215,814
221,005
2%

Fall
651
1434
2,085
31%

Cut/pierce
458
62,817
63,275
1%

Other
1,109
35,089
36,198
3%

Unspecified
146
2097
2,243
7%

Total
30,622
322,991
353,613
9%

Source: www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/case-fatality/