Firearms deaths. (Original: Sue Frantz)

How many firearms deaths were there in the U.S. in 2006?  30,896.  (Students overestimate this number.)

What percentage were classified as:

Homicides?  41%  (Student may overestimate or be close on this number.)

Suicides?     55%   (Students underestimate this number.)

Accidents?     4%   (Students overestimate this number.)

(Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf)

Drunk driving and children's deaths. (Original: Sue Frantz)

In the U.S., between 1997 and 2002, “2335 children… died in alcohol-related [automobile] crashes.” What percentage were riding in the same vehicle with the drinking/drunk driver?  1,588 (68%)  (Students underestimate this.)  The majority were unrestrained. The median BAC was .13 g/dL.

(“Child” is defined as ≤14 years of age; “alcohol-related” is defined as blood alcohol content of >0.01 g/dL.)

(Source: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5304a2.htm)