Posted on Mar 24, 2021
Gun Violence Deaths: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World
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The horrific mass shooting events in the Atlanta area and Boulder, Colo., just days apart have once again shown a spotlight on how frequent this type of violence is in the United States compared with other wealthy countries.
The U.S. has the 32nd-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 3.96 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019. That was more than eight times as high as the rate in Canada, which had 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people — and nearly 100 times higher than in the United Kingdom, which had 0.04 deaths per 100,000.
On a state-by-state calculation, the rates can be even higher. In the District of Columbia, the rate is 18.5 per 100,000 — the highest in the United States. The second-highest is in Louisiana: 9.34 per 100,000. In Georgia and Colorado — the scenes of the two most recent mass shootings — the rates are a bit closer to the national average: 5.62 per 100,000 in Georgia and 2.27 in Colorado.
The numbers come from a massive database maintained by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which tracks lives lost in every country, in every year, by every possible cause of death.
The U.S. has the 32nd-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 3.96 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019. That was more than eight times as high as the rate in Canada, which had 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people — and nearly 100 times higher than in the United Kingdom, which had 0.04 deaths per 100,000.
On a state-by-state calculation, the rates can be even higher. In the District of Columbia, the rate is 18.5 per 100,000 — the highest in the United States. The second-highest is in Louisiana: 9.34 per 100,000. In Georgia and Colorado — the scenes of the two most recent mass shootings — the rates are a bit closer to the national average: 5.62 per 100,000 in Georgia and 2.27 in Colorado.
The numbers come from a massive database maintained by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which tracks lives lost in every country, in every year, by every possible cause of death.
Gun Violence Deaths: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World
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Yeah 32nd that means there are 31 worse that puts us some where in the... what?...15th to 20th percentile and the "Gun Violence" tag the left uses includes any time a gun was fired, justified or not,, suicides and gang violence, maybe if You looked at only criminal misuse of a firearm, You'd see a different picture. "Shall not be Infringed"
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Canada has more than 8 times less people, and the UK won't even let their people have butter knives. Not to mention U of W is better known around here as Wuss University.
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MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P
Got a friend in the UK who says they are already talking about banning bats, sticks, "clubs", etc. It's almost like the implement used isn't the root cause of violence....
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I would put more faith in these numbers if the CDC et al would more accurately reflect the REASON the firearm was used. FBI crime statistics state firearms are used almost 4 to 1 more often for self defense than they are wanton violence. CDC doesn't differentiate between suicide, justified homicide (self defense, etc), or murder. If you have the time/desire you can finally drill down to base categories but the top level tables just say "gun violence" and stop there.
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