Number of Hospitalized Victims of Violence by Mechanism in New Jersey (1995-2000)

Rate per 100,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Unarmed 1967 1549 1619 1411 1118 845
Firearm 566 503 384 335 376 303
Knife 829 745 649 593 563 456
Blunt object 710 630 587 523 428 322
Other 264 303 249 256 228 107