Table 1: Gun Death Rates in the U.S. and 25 Other High-Income Countries Total Gun Death Rate
Gun Homicide Death Rate*
Gun Suicide Death Rate
Non-Gun Homicide Death Rate
Non-Gun Suicide Death Rate
0.62
0.36
0.13
0.1
1.18
0.32
Non-U.S.***
0.053
0.025
0.014
0.006
0.272
0.195
U.S./Non-U.S. Ratio
11.75
14.5
9.7
15.75
4.35
1.6
U.S.
3.24
2.13
0.9
0.16
1.2
1.41
Non-U.S.***
0.19
0.07
0.09
0.016
0.35
1.35
U.S./Non-U.S. Ratio
17.0
32.2
9.95
10.05
3.5
1.0
10.15
3.59
6.28
0.2
1.6
5.91
1.36
0.21
1.01
0.04
0.65
10.36
7.5
17.3
6.2
4.8
2.5
0.6
Ages U.S. 0-14
0-19
U.S. All Ages
Non-U.S.*** U.S./Non-U.S. Ratio
Gun Accident Death Rate**
All rates are unadjusted and per 100,000. * Data not available for Iceland. ** Data not available for Austria, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg and Slovenia. *** The non-U.S. rate was calculated by dividing all the deaths observed in the non-U.S. countries by the total population in the nonU.S. countries. Source: World Health Organization. 2012. Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death – Total Gun Death, European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. Accessed January 18, 2013; data for Canada were collected separately through their individual country’s statistical databases; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2010. Fatal Injury Reports. Accessed using the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQRAS). Calculations by the Children’s Defense Fund.
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