The following table appears on the CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) web site:

http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/ni/security/security.htm

Table NI-SEC-11: Casualties (numbers) as a result of paramilitary attacks in Northern Ireland, 1973-2003
Year

Shootings 1

Assaults 2

Total Casualties (Shootings and Beatings)

Total

By Loyalist Group

By Republican Group

Total

By Loyalist Group

By Republican Group
1973

74

21

53

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1974

127

43

84

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1975

189

50

139

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1976

98

36

62

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1977

126

28

98

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1978

67

17

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1979

76

25

51

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1980

77

26

51

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1981

80

14

66

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1982

81

22

59

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1983

31

9

22

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1984

26

6

20

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1985

32

11

21

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1986

41

24

17

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1987

124

67

57

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
1988

66

34

32

56

21

35

122
1989

161

65

96

51

23

28

212
1990

106

60

46

68

21

47

174
1991

76

40

36

62

22

40

138
1992

133

72

61

74

36

38

207
1993

85

60

25

41

35

6

126
1994

122

68

54

70

38

32

192
1995

3

3

0

217

76

141

220
1996

24

21

3

302

130

172

326
1997

72

46

26

156

78

78

228
1998

72

34

38

144

89

55

216
1999

73

47

26

134

90

44

207
2000

136

86

50

132

78

54

268
2001

186

121

65

146

93

53

332
2002

173

117

56

139

89

50

312
2003 (to 10/08/03) 3

95

53

42

77

52

25

172
Grand totals

2737

1273

1464

1792

919

873

3280
Notes:
1. "Shootings" refers to paramilitary 'punishment' attacks involving guns
2. "Assaults" (or beatings) refers to paramilitary 'punishment' attacks which did not involve guns
3. Statistics for 2003 are provisional and may be changed
n/a not available
Source:
Casualties as a Result of Paramilitary Style Attacks, 1973-2003, (By Calendar Year), http://www.psni.police.uk/index/departments/statistics_branch.htm
Table also available as:
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