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Black people are 12 times more likely than white people to die by gun homicide.

Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death, 2018–2022. Black and white defined as non-Latinx origin. Homicide includes shootings by police.

Last updated: 5.9.2024

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Every day, more than 120 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, Underlying Cause of Death, 2018–2022; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

Last updated: 5.7.2024