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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. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [5]
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.
Ranking by country for civilian-held firearms per 100 population. Small Arms Survey 2017. Location Firearms per 100 Region Subregion Population 2017 Civilian firearms Computation method Registered firearms Unregistered firearms Notes United States: 120.5 Americas North America 326,474,000 393,347,000 1 1,073,743 392,273,257 Est. [note 2]
A report on U.S. gun violence in 2021 by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions found that states with the highest gun death rates "tend to be states in the South or Mountain West ...
Notably, the firearm homicide rate for American Indian or Alaska Native people in 2022, 9.3 deaths per 100,000, exceeded rates in both 2021, when it was 7.7 and 2020, when it was 7.9.
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.
According to the Small Arms Survey by The Guardian, the U.S. has the most firearm homicides per person, with 29.7 gun-related homicides per every million people
Firearm deaths correspond to ICD-10 codes W32-W34, Accidental discharge of firearm; X72-X74, Intentional self-harm by firearm; X93-X95, Assault by firearm; Y22-Y24, Firearm discharge, undetermined intent. Krug, EG; Powell, KE; Dahlberg, LL (1998). "Firearm-related deaths in the United States and 35 other high- and upper-middle-income countries".