CDC Data, 2001 to 2011

Year	Firearm	Motor Vehicle Traffic	Poisoning	Page
2001	29,573	42,443	22,242	71
2002	30,242	44,065	26,435	77
2003	30,136	43,340	28,700	78
2004	29,569	43,432	30,308	77
2005	30,694	43,667	32,691	78
2006	30,896	43,664	37,286	89
2007	31,224	42,031	40,059	89
2008	31,593	37,985	41,080	91
2009	31,347	34,485	41,592	81
2010	31,672	33,687	42,917	83
2011	32,351	33,783	46,047	84

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U.S. Firearm & Motor Vehicle Traffic Deaths

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Year	Firearm	Motor Vehicle Traffic	Page	URL
2001	29,573	42,443	71	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_03.pdf
2002	30,242	44,065	77	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_05acc.pdf
2003	30,136	43,340	78	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_13.pdf
2004	29,569	43,432	77	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr55/nvsr55_19.pdf
2005	30,694	43,667	78	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf
2006	30,896	43,664	89	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf
2007	31,224	42,031	89	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_19.pdf
2008	31,593	37,985	91	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr59/nvsr59_10.pdf
2009	31,347	34,485	81	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf
2010	31,672	33,687	83	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_04.pdf
2011	32,351	33,783	84	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_03.pdf