Firearm deaths grow, disparities widen : comprehensive strategies can prevent violence and help reduce racial and ethnic disparities

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Firearm deaths continue to be a significant and growing public health problem in the United States. In 2020, 79% of all homicides and 53% of all suicides involved firearms. From 2019 to 2020, the firearm homicide rate increased about 35%, and the firearm suicide rate stayed high. The firearm homicide rate in 2020 was the highest recorded in over 25 years.
  
  Long-standing systemic inequities and structural racism limit economic and education opportunities. They contribute to unfair and avoidable health disparities among some racial and ethnic groups. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the substantial increase in the firearm homicide rate, along with notable increases in firearm suicide rates for some groups, has widened racial, ethnic, and other disparities. For example, young people, males, and Black people have the highest firearm homicide rates and experienced the largest increases in 2020. The reasons for the increasing rates and widening disparities are likely complex.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Ethnicity Firearms Gun Violence/prevention & Control Health Promotion Homicide Racial Groups Socioeconomic Factors Violence/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:79fd80a0fd30fbb5fa1db1223862e4534a735f22908ca1ea0924c280bf378d49
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117138/cdc_117138_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.56 MB ]