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4 lis 2022 · Over half of the country’s reported gun homicides occurred in just 42 cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Memphis, Houston, and others. 4 data, 2023, accessed October 2024.
Over the past decade, there were nearly 67,000 gun deaths in BCHC cities. 66% of these deaths were homicides, 32% suicides, and 3% occurred for other reasons.
26 kwi 2023 · From 2011 to 2020, the most rural counties had a 46% lower rate of gun homicide deaths than the most urban counties but a 76% higher rate of gun suicide deaths, according to Reeping’s analysis.
2 dni temu · Gun violence and crime incidents are collected/validated from 5,000+ sources daily – Incident Reports and their source data are found at the gunviolencearchive.org website. Suicide estimates from CDC extrapolations have been removed until we can get a more accurate, timely number to properly reflect the serious suicide problem in this country
Approximately 22 gun deaths occurred each day across BCHC cities in 2021. 1 In this data brief, ‘gun deaths’ refer to ‘firearm deaths’ which is the term used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Firearm deaths are from weapons using a powder charge (e.g., handguns, rifles and shotguns).
31 gru 2023 · Data from more than 175 cities shows that nearly three in four experienced a year-to-date drop in homicides, with many seeing homicides cut by half or more. The vast majority of homicides are committed with guns.
The gun homicide rate decreased 7.5% in 2022, with 1,307 fewer gun homicides compared to 2021. Despite this decrease, 19,651 people were killed by a gun in 2022, the second-highest number of gun homicide deaths ever recorded.
