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Gun Deaths by Intent

CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death (accessed August 10, 2026). Average: 2021–2025. Note: Research indicates that shootings by police are undercounted in CDC datasets, as incidents are often misclassified as homicides. Mapping Police Violence’s database is widely cited and estimates that more than 1,100 people are fatally shot by police in an average year—roughly twice as many as recorded by the CDC (Everytown Research analysis of Mapping Police Violence data, 2021–2025, (accessed January 27, 2026), https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/.)

Last updated: 10.8.2026

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Every day, nearly 130 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2021–2025; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

Last updated: 10.7.2026