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This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes.
It is typically expressed in units of deaths per 100,000 individuals per year; a homicide rate of 4 in a population of 100,000 would mean 4 murders a year, or 0.004% out of the total. The data is from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), [5] and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). [1] The reasons for the different results can be confusing.
When the data was adjusted to take into account age and co-morbidities, Arizona had the highest rate of Covid-related deaths in the country (581 deaths per 100,000 people). Washington, D.C. (526 per 100,000) and New Mexico (521 per 100,000) were the second and third worst states.
According to Randee Shields, Director of Traffic Operations, in 2022 alone, over 4,400 people died on Texas roadways, making an average of 12 people per day. This is the highest that number has ...
The rate of firearms homicides per 100,000 people in Texas had declined to around 4 in the year 2000, but has risen since, to nearly 6 in 2005 (see chart). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] According to the Kaiser Family Foundation , in 2014, measuring the number of deaths due to injury by firearms per 100,000 of the population, Texas ranked 30th out of the 50 ...
This article contains the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per population as of 9 December 2024, by country. It also has cumulative death totals by country. For these numbers over time see the tables, graphs, and maps at COVID-19 pandemic deaths and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory.
The Officer Down Memorial Page reports 436 deaths in the line of duty. [26] The leading cause of death for 2020 was COVID-19 at 281 deaths followed by gunfire at 46 deaths and 9/11-related cancers with 35 deaths. The state with the largest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 78 followed by New York with 43.
In 2017 African-American males aged 15 to 34 years were the most frequent victims of firearm homicide in the United States with a 81 deaths per 100,000 population. [223] [8] Non-Hispanic whites were 65% of the U.S. population in 2010, but only 25% of the victims. Hispanics were 16% of the population in 2010 and 17% of victims. [224]