QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Homicide, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Homicide, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Garnett, Matthew F. ; Spencer, Merianne R. ; Hedegaard, Holly
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2019, among males, non-Hispanic Black males had the highest age-adjusted rate of firearm-related homicide at 34.9 per 100,000 population and non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander males had the lowest rate (1.6). Among females, non-Hispanic Black females had the highest rate (4.1) and non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander females had the lowest rate (0.5). Males had higher rates than females across all race and Hispanic origin groups.
  
  Source: National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm
  
  Reported by: Matthew F. Garnett, MPH; Merianne R. Spencer, MPH; Holly Hedegaard, MD.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 70(42):1491
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  42
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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• Download URL:
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