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<br /> 40 <br /> <br />Figure 31: <br />Figure 32: <br />Injury and Violence <br />Injury and violence is the main cause of death and disability for people under age 44 and may be <br />unintentional like those resulting from motor vehicle crashes, falls, burns, poisonings, drowning, etc.; or <br />violent and intentional including sexual assault, child abuse, partner violence, suicide, and homicide. <br />Additional information on suicides can be found under Mental Health and Substance Abuse. <br /> <br /> During the years of 2004-2013, there <br />were 204 violent injury deaths sustained <br />in Orange County. Of these 204 deaths, <br />200 were NC residents (98%) and 172 <br />were Orange County residents (84%). <br /> <br /> From 2004-2013, (as shown in figure 31) <br />Orange County experienced 145 suicides <br />(71%), 47 homicides (23%), zero <br />unintentional firearm deaths (0%), 1 <br />death from legal interventions (<1%), and <br />11 deaths of undetermined intent (5%). <br /> <br /> The violent crime rate in Orange County is <br />151.1, which is higher than our peers <br />(143.7) but lower than NC (333.0) and the <br />US (365.5). <br /> <br /> Orange County has an assault rate of 95.7 and a rape rate of 15.6 per 100,000 people. <br /> <br /> 1 in 5 deaths for residents under the age of 19 are due to a motor vehicle injury. <br /> <br /> In contrast, blacks had 11.9 homicides per 100,000 people as opposed to whites who had 2.5 <br />homicides per 100,000 people. All other racial groups combined had 1 homicide, shown in figure 32. <br /> <br /> 79% of County homicides and 42% of suicides were committed using firearms. <br /> <br /> Suspicion of intoxication was reported in <br />23% of homicides and 35% of suicides. <br /> <br /> In Orange County, the suicide ratio was 3.1 <br />times higher in males than females, and <br />the homicide ratio was 3.7 times higher in <br />males than in females. <br /> <br /> Suicides and homicides displayed <br />dissimilar age patterns. Homicides peaked <br />among those 45 to 54 with 7.2 homicides <br />per 100,000 people. Suicides (19.1 per <br />100,000 people) peaked among those 25 <br />to 34 years old.