28%

Over the past decade, the firearm suicide rate among children and teens has increased by 28 percent.

Everytown Research analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, WONDER Online Database, Final Mortality Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death, 2016, and Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2025 (accessed September 30, 2026). Rate percent change: 2016 vs. 2026. Ages: 0–19.

Last updated: 10.8.2026

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90%

90 percent of people killed by on-duty police are killed with a firearm.

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