56%
The rate of firearm suicide among young people has increased 56 percent over the past decade.
CDC, WISQARS Fatal Injury Reports, Ages 10-24, Percent Change: 2009 to 2018.
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>10
The rate of nonfatal firearm injury is below 10 in states including Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, and New Hampshire.
<60
The rate of nonfatal firearm injury is above 60 persons injured per 100,000 people in states including Alabama, Washington, DC, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
113.8
Black people, with a rate of 113.8 nonfatal injuries per 100,000 people, have the highest rate of nonfatal gun injuries, five times higher than Latino people and over 10 times higher than white people.
15-20