Firearm death rates in the United States by state

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This article is a list of U.S. states with firearm death rates per 100,000 population.

In 2014, the overall rate of death by firearms in the United States was 10.3 per 100,000 people -- the same as for death by motor vehicles -- with suicides accounting for roughly two out of every three gun deaths.

Video Firearm death rates in the United States by state

Overall firearm death rates

Note: The rate column can be sorted in ascending or descending order. The rank column on the left sorts separately. This way the states can be ranked by rate. Sort the state column to return to alphabetical order.

State firearm death rates, 2013. Rate per 100,000 population. National firearm death rate is 10.64. These numbers include among others death as a result of suicide, self-defense and accidents. A list regarding only murders is provided below.

Maps Firearm death rates in the United States by state

Age-adjusted table and map

The rates have been age-adjusted. See the references for more info:

State firearm death rates, 2013. Rate per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted death rates. United States: 10.4

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Murders

This is a list of the U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The population data is the official data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The murder rates and gun murder rates were calculated based on the FBI reports. The official population of each state for 2010 and gun ownership rates were added for context.

The official population data from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010 is 309.3 million. The gun murders in 2010 from FBI reports is 8,374.

In 2010 the solved gun murder rate for the U.S. was 2.71 per 100,000, the overall estimated gun homicide rate is 3.5.

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See also

• Crime and violence in Latin America
• Gun laws in the United States by state
• Gun politics in the United States
• Homicide in world cities
• Index of gun politics articles
• Latin American cities by murder rate
• List of Brazilian states by murder rate
• List of cities by murder rate
• List of countries by firearm-related death rate
• List of countries by intentional death rate - homicide plus suicide.
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by suicide rate
• List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate
• List of Mexican states by homicides
• List of U.S. states by homicide rate
• List of U.S. states by incarceration rate
• List of United States cities by crime rate (2012). 250,000+
• Number of guns per capita by country
• Right to keep and bear arms in the United States
• United States cities by crime rate (100,000-250,000)
• United States cities by crime rate (60,000-100,000)

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References

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