September 12, 2023

Most gun deaths are suicides

 USA Facts -   According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, 48,830 people were killed with a firearm in the US in 2021. Suicides were 54% of all firearm-related deaths that year, compared to 43% from homicides. The share of suicides was smaller for younger people. Suicides made up less than 40% of gun deaths for people ages 20 to 35, a share that was relatively constant throughout early adulthood. After 45, most gun deaths were suicides. By age 75, 94% of gun deaths were suicides.

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