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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.
- Firearm Violence in the United States
In 2022, 48,204 1 people died by firearms in the United...
- Firearm Violence in the United States
23 lip 2024 · In the United States, acts of violence committed with the use of firearms have become an everyday phenomenon plaguing the nation. Averaging almost 50,000 deaths from firearms annually, the...
In 2022, 48,204 1 people died by firearms in the United States — an average of one death every 11 minutes. Over 27,032 people died by firearm suicide, 19,651 died by firearm homicide, 463 died by unintentional gun injury, and an estimated 643 were fatally shot by law enforcement.
26 kwi 2023 · More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to the latest available statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That included record numbers of both gun murders and gun suicides.
3 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
6 cze 2023 · In 2021, Black people in the U.S. were nearly 14 times more likely to die by gun homicide than their white counterparts. Young Black males ages 15–34 were most at risk. They accounted for 36 percent of all gun homicides in 2021, but represent only two percent of the total U.S. population.
Grace Kena and Jennifer L. Truman, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians The rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 persons age 12 or older declined 41% across the 26-year period of 1993 to 2018, from 8.4 to 5.0 homicides per 100,000 (igure 1).
