U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce firearm-related deaths — IVP‑13 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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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)
Decrease desired

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)
Decrease desired

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

Highest and lowest rates for Firearm-related deaths: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2021 *
(firearm-related deaths per 100,000 population)
Decrease desired