Reduce firearm-related deaths — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
14.6 firearm-related deaths per 100,000 population (2021) *

Target:
10.7 per 100,000 *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
11.9 firearm-related deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2018 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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**Firearm-related deaths**, **2018**-**2021** ^*
(firearm-related deaths per 100,000 population)
Population	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	11.9 SE 0.061	11.9 SE 0.061	13.6 SE 0.065	14.6 SE 0.067

**Firearm-related deaths** by **Race/Ethnicity**, **2018**-**2021** ^*
(firearm-related deaths per 100,000 population)
Population	2018	2019	2020	2021
Not Hispanic or Latino	12.9 SE 0.071	12.9 SE 0.071	14.8 SE 0.076	15.9 SE 0.078
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino	23.2 SE 0.238	24.5 SE 0.244	33.1 SE 0.283	36.0 SE 0.294
White only, not Hispanic or Latino	11.4 SE 0.077	11.1 SE 0.076	11.6 SE 0.078	12.3 SE 0.080

Data Sources: National Vital Statistics System - Mortality (NVSS-M), CDC/NCHS ; Population Estimates, Census

Firearm-related deaths by Race/Ethnicity

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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