Recent Trends in Gun Deaths
As the final update of our 2024 mini-series, this edition analyzes trends in suicides, homicides, and the role of firearms.
Tag: Gun Ownership
5 Slide Mini-Series Edition #6: Bibliography of Suicide and Homicide Gun Death Analyses
This final edition of our summer series on Suicides, Homicides, and Gun Deaths provides weblinks to roughly 20 examples of other organizations’ work in the same topic areas.
5 Slide Mini-Series Edition #5: Guns in the Household- Family Choice Dynamics
This edition focuses on the choices all households make regarding having a gun in their home (or not). The statistical evidence is profoundly in favor of households making a “no gun here” decision, and some of that evidence is summarized…
5 Slide Mini-Series Edition #4: Suicide and Homicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Age
This edition quantifies death rates, and firearm death rates, by race/ethnicity, gender, and age.
5 Slide Mini-Series Edition #3: Homicide Deaths in Relation to Household Gun Ownership Rates
This edition of our Gun Death Series focuses on homicides. Similar to suicides, the degree to which guns exist in a community are strongly correlated with the rate of homicide deaths. The states with the highest proportion of household gun…
5 Slide Mini-Series Edition #2: Gun Violence – Suicide Analyses
This edition continues our summer series on gun deaths, focusing on suicides. Suicide rates vary considerably by state, and these slides demonstrate that the variation across states is very highly correlated with household gun ownership rates. The firearm suicide rate in the…
5 Slide Mini-Series Edition #1: Suicides, Homicides, and Firearm Deaths
This is the first edition of a new prong of our 5 Slide Series focusing on household gun ownership and its role in suicide and homicide deaths.