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Nearly six out of every 10 gun deaths in the US are suicides.
Everytown Research analysis of CDC, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023.
Last updated: 11.8.2024
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6M
Nearly 6 million women reported having a gun used on them by an intimate partner.
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73M
An estimated 73 million guns were sold in the US from 2020 to 2023—a 29 percent increase compared to the previous four years.
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The rate of firearm suicide among young people has increased 44 percent in the past decade.
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3,400
Nearly 3,400 young people die by firearm suicide each year.
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