Deaths Caused by Firearms

Keywords: linear regression, weighted regression

Description

The data give the number of deaths cuased by firearms in Australia from 1983 to 1997, expressed as a rate per 100,000 of population.


	Variable		Description

	Year		Year
	Rate		Number of deaths caused by firearms per 100,000 population

Data file (tab-delimited text)

The data was contributed by Rex Boggs, Glenmore State High School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

There is a decreasing trend in the death rate but, curiously, the decline seems to progress in three or four distinct stages.

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