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In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [5] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s. [6]
Nearly 20,000 people were murdered by guns last year, and another 40,000 injured. ... the United States ranked 28 th among the world’s highest rates of gun death, with 4.43 per 100,000 people ...
Gun-related suicides and homicides in the United States [1] Gun deaths in U.S. in proportional relationship to total population (2012 analysis, based on 2008 data). Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States.
This is a list of countries by firearm-related homicide rate per 100,000 population by year. Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standards. Not included are accidental deaths, or justifiable deaths by any means other than by firearm.
"Gun death rates doubled from 2013 to 2022 for children and teens (ages 1–17)," according to the report. ... It noted that an average of seven young people died each day from gun violence, and ...
Gun death rates are consistently higher in rural areas than in big cities, two decades of data show. From 2011 to 2020, the most rural counties in the U.S. had a 37% higher rate of gun deaths per ...
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 805 confirmed and probable cases and 12 deaths so far from a mysterious ... 12 deaths so far from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping.
According to the United Nations, small arms account for roughly half of the weapons used to kill people, [12] and more people die each year from gun-related violence than did in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. [13] The global death toll from use of guns may be as high as 1,000 dead each day. [13]