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Report Highlights: Suicides account for more than half of firearm-related deaths among nearly every demographic each year.
Between 2018 and 2024, 57% of all firearm-related deaths were suicides.
Among white Americans, 83% of gun deaths are suicides, compared to 38% among Hispanics and 17% among Black Americans.
On average, 77.81% of gun deaths across all age groups are suicides, with the rate increasing among older age groups.
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Methodology
Deaths in the United States are recorded in the CDC WONDER database, which provides comprehensive data on mortality by various causes, including firearm-related deaths. The data in this report were compiled using CED WONDER, …
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