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In the last 40 years, the rate of gun deaths increased in 34 states
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In the last 40 years, the rate of gun deaths increased in 34 states and DC. In 2021, Mississippi, Louisiana, and New Mexico had the highest rates of gun deaths. Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Jersey had the lowest.
Dataset
State | Firearm deaths per 100,000 (1981) | Firearm deaths per 100,000 (2021) |
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Alabama | 21.02828841 | 26.4 |
Alaska | 31.54189696 | 25.2 |
Arizona | 18.46904762 | 18.3 |
Arkansas | 18.27140316 | 23.3 |
California | 16.511616 | 9 |
Colorado | 16.32023662 | 17.8 |
Connecticut | 7.606662669 | 6.7 |
Delaware | 10.40312094 | 16.6 |
Washington, DC | 22.45275109 | 24.4 |
Florida | 22.03521828 | 14.1 |
Georgia | 22.37648709 | 20.3 |
Hawaii | 5.929288128 | 4.8 |
Idaho | 15.38135364 | 16.3 |
Illinois | 12.91567636 | 16.1 |
Indiana | 12.33478729 | 18.4 |
Iowa | 8.562636026 | 11.2 |
Kansas | 13.50190306 | 17.3 |
Kentucky | 17.65478039 | 21.1 |
Louisiana | 22.69276771 | 29.1 |
Maine | 9.796713776 | 12.6 |
Maryland | 13.04580933 | 15.2 |
Massachusetts | 5.460516565 | 3.4 |
Michigan | 13.42123446 | 15.4 |
Minnesota | 6.5909029 | 10 |
Mississippi | 21.97684476 | 33.9 |
Missouri | 16.88948075 | 23.2 |
Montana | 17.47706607 | 25.1 |
Nebraska | 9.756004853 | 10.3 |
Nevada | 28.31340581 | 19.8 |
New Hampshire | 10.35637681 | 8.3 |
New Jersey | 6.736441258 | 5.2 |
New Mexico | 19.73366308 | 27.8 |
New York | 11.09989484 | 5.4 |
North Carolina | 17.56019698 | 17.3 |
North Dakota | 7.733072532 | 16.8 |
Ohio | 12.66182996 | 16.5 |
Oklahoma | 18.66826176 | 21.2 |
Oregon | 12.59378811 | 14.9 |
Pennsylvania | 10.34695002 | 14.8 |
Rhode Island | 5.141587785 | 5.6 |
South Carolina | 17.17383475 | 22.4 |
South Dakota | 12.03624214 | 14.3 |
Tennessee | 19.6211561 | 22.8 |
Texas | 23.16510467 | 15.6 |
Utah | 10.9536903 | 13.9 |
Vermont | 10.667308 | 11.9 |
Virginia | 15.30097645 | 14.3 |
Washington | 12.18207672 | 11.2 |
West Virginia | 15.04510461 | 17.3 |
Wisconsin | 8.209306857 | 13.5 |
Wyoming | 19.11688143 | 26.1 |
Data sources
Where did this data come from? The CDC WONDER database collects data from death certificates to track population, mortality, and underlying cause of death for residents in all counties in the US. The WISQARS Fatal Injury Data Visualization tool, provided by the CDC, uses data from the National Vital Statistics System operated by the National Center for Health Statistics. It collects death count data and demographic data, and specifically tracks injury-related deaths.
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