Accidental Firearms-Related Deaths Compared to Other Causes of Accidental Death (1997)
1. Motor vehicles: 43,200 deaths
2. Falls: 14,900 deaths
3. Poisoning by solids or liquids: 8,600 deaths
4. Drowning: 4,000 deaths
5. Fires, burns and related deaths: 3,700 deaths
6. Suffocation by swallowing object: 3,300 deaths
7. Firearms-related: 1,500 deaths
8. Poisoning by gases and vapors: 700 deaths
9. All other causes: 13,900 deaths
Total deaths: 93,800 deaths

Source: National Safety Council’s 1998 Accident Facts