Statistics
Firearms and firearm related violence in the United States of America
• In 2006, there were 30,896 deaths due to firearms in the United States. This equates to an average of 85 deaths due to firearms each day. CDC, WISQARS, 2009
• In 2006, 7,564 persons 24 years old or younger died as a result of injury from a firearm. This amount is equivalent to one Boeing 737 crash every week for a year with no survivors. CDC, WISQARS, 2009
• More than half the deaths involving firearms in the US in 2006 were attributable to suicide (54.6%; 16,883 out of 30,896). CDC, WISQARS, 2009
• Homicides accounted for 41.4% percent of the deaths due to firearms in the US in 2006 (12,791 out of 30,896). CDC, WISQARS, 2009
• Firearms were used in 68.9% of homicides (12,791 of 18,573) and in 50.7% of suicides (16,883 of 33,300) committed in the U.S. in 2006. CDC, WISQARS, 2009
• Approximately 68% of all murders, 42% of all robberies, and 22% of all aggravated assaults reported to the police in 2006 were committed with a firearm. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2008
• In 2007, 5.2 % of high school students in the U.S. said they carried a gun in the past 30 days. CDC, 2009
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