1 The firearm suicide rate (6.3 per 100,000 people) is higher than the firearm homicide rate and has come down less sharply. 2  The number of gun suicide deaths (19,392 in 2010) outnumbered gun homicides, as has been true since at least 1981. The firearm homicide rate also is more than five times as high for males of all ages (6.2 deaths per 100,000 people) as it is for females (1.1 deaths per 100,000 people). 2  By age group, 69% of gun homicide victims in 2010 were ages 18 to 40, an age range that was 31% of the population that year.
This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Abscess in our database from various sources. 1  Actinomycetales infection - organ abscesses. 2  Actinomycosis - abscess formation. 3  Bacteremia - abscesses.  Bacterial appendicitis - Abscess 1  formation. Bacterial infection.
Causes. Brain abscesses commonly occur when bacteria or fungi infect part of the brain. As a result, swelling and irritation (inflammation) develop. Infected brain cells, white blood cells, live and dead bacteria, or fungi collect in an area of the brain. Tissue forms around this area and creates a mass, or abscess.