The Gap Between Gun Deaths in the U.S. and Other Advanced Nations Is Getting Wider

The Trace

2003

• U.S. gun death rate: 2.8
• U.S. gun homicide rate: 4.1
• U.S. gun suicide rate: 5.8
• U.S. unintentional gun death rate: 0.3

• Other high income countries’ gun death rate: 0.2
• Other high income countries’ gun homicide rate: 0.2
• Other high income countries’ gun suicide rate: 1.0
• Other high income countries’ unintentional gun death rate: 0.0

2010

• U.S. gun death rate: 2.7
• U.S. gun homicide rate: 3.6
• U.S. gun suicide rate: 6.3
• U.S. unintentional gun death rate: 0.2

• Other high income countries’ gun death rate: 0.1
• Other high income countries’ gun homicide rate: 0.1
• Other high income countries’ gun suicide rate: 0.8
• Other high income countries’ unintentional gun death rate: 0.0