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https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/insights-blog/acting-data/gun-
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On gun violence, the United States is an outlier

Published October 31, 2023
man holds a sign at a protest reading 'Stop gun violence'
Key takeaways:

Age-adjusted firearm homicide rates in the US are 33 times greater
than in Australia and 77 times greater than in Germany.
Gun violence accounts for over 8% of deaths in the US among those
under age 20.
Age-adjusted rates of firearm homicide are highest in Washington, DC
and lowest in New Hampshire.

Authors
Katherine Leach-Kemon
Senior Content Strategist
Rebecca Sirull
Communications Officer
Scott Glenn
Data Specialist
Topics

Health policy
Injuries
US Health

Highlight

The US ranks first for rates of firearm homicides among high-income
countries with populations over 10 million.

Originally published March 25, 2021. Last updated October 31, 2023.

Among 65 high-income countries and territories, the United States stands
out for its high levels of gun violence. The US ranks seventh out of 65
for homicides by firearm (age-adjusted). ?Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, two US territories, rank first and fourth on that list. Firearm injuries tend to be more frequent in places where people have easy access
to firearms, according to findings from the 2018 Global Burden of Disease
study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association(link is external)

(JAMA).

When we look exclusively at high-income countries and territories with populations of 10 million or more, the US ranks first. Rates of firearm homicides among high-income countries with populations over 10 million,
2021

Source: Scott Glenn, IHME

Age-adjusted firearm homicide rates in the US are 19 times greater than
they are in France, and 77 times greater than in Germany. The US has 33
times the rate of firearm homicide seen in Australia.

The trend continues for percentage of child deaths caused by firearms. Including physical violence, suicide, and unintentional injury, gun
violence accounts for over 8% of deaths in the US among those under age
20, a figure that stands far above peer countries. When excluding infants,
who have higher rates of death from neonatal causes, that number jumps to
15%. Percentage of childhood deaths caused by firearms among high-income countries with populations over 10 million, 2021

Source: Scott Glenn, IHME

Within the US, gun violence varies widely. Age-adjusted firearm homicide
rates range from a high of 14.4 per 100,000 in Washington, DC, to a low of
1.1 per 100,000 in New Hampshire. Washington, DC’s rate is similar to
those of Brazil and Jamaica, which rank ninth and tenth globally. New Hampshire’s rate is similar to that of Chile. Even though New Hampshire
has the lowest rates of age-adjusted firearm homicides in the US, its rate
is still three times greater than the highest rate in Europe – Cyprus,
with 0.36 deaths per 100,000. Washington, DC has the highest rate of
deaths from gun violence in the United States

Source: Scott Glenn, IHME

Washington, DC, accounts for the greatest percentage of child deaths by firearm, where 13.8% of those who die under age 20 are victims of gun
violence. When excluding infant deaths, that becomes nearly a third.
Illinois and Louisiana also stand out, with 11.3% of child deaths being attributed to firearms. Meanwhile, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
come in at the bottom of the list, each with less than 4% of children
being killed by guns.

Since 2000, the share of all childhood deaths caused by gun violence in
the US has increased by about 33%, with the largest portion consistently
due to physical violence, followed by suicide, and the smallest share
caused by unintentional firearm injuries. Percentage of childhood deaths
caused by gun violence, 2000 and 2021

Source: Scott Glenn, IHME

Taking a global view that includes countries of all income levels and population sizes, the ten nations with the highest age-adjusted rates of firearm homicides are:

Venezuela
El Salvador
Mexico
Bahamas
Honduras
Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia
Guatemala
Brazil
Jamaica

Research has found high levels of homicides in these countries are
associated with drug cartels, the illegal trade in firearms from the US,
and firearms flowing to civilians after conflicts end, as summarized in
the Global Burden of Disease study(link is external)

.

Numerous studies have highlighted promising policies to reduce gun
violence. In the US, research published in JAMA(link is external)

found an association between laws strengthening background checks or
requiring permits to purchase firearms with reductions in rates of
firearm homicides.

Following the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 in Australia, the Australian National Firearms Agreement restricted the use of firearms by civilians.
This legislation has been credited with ending mass shootings and reducing firearm suicides in Australia according to a study(link is external)

published in JAMA.

In South Africa, rates of violent deaths dropped after the passage of the Firearms Control Act of 2000, according to research published in The South African Medical Journal(link is external)

.

In Brazil, São Paulo reduced firearm homicides through firearm buy-back programs, enforcement of firearm control legislation passed in 2003, and improvements in policing, as made evident in research published in
SciElo.(link is external)

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