New study finds deaths from firearms are reaching unprecedented levels EmoryUniversity jamanetworkopen
). Metropolitan areas had higher homicide rates than rural areas . Comparing all-intents firearm fatality rates over time by sex, males had persistently higher overall annual firearm fatality rates than females, particularly among those aged 20 to 39 years and 70 years or older. Males had higher rates of suicide and homicide compared with females. All-intents annual firearm fatality rates were highest among Black non-Hispanic individuals aged 15 to 39 years; the highest rate was 191.
White non-Hispanic men had the highest annual all-intents firearm fatality rates in individuals aged 75 years and older, at 39.6 fatalities per 100 000 persons in 2021 . Black non-Hispanic men aged 15 to 44 years had the highest annual all-intents firearm fatality rates , which was mostly attributable to homicides . Annual firearm fatality rates from suicide were highest among White non-Hispanic men aged 80-84 years , which decreased to 33.
White non-Hispanic females had increased annual firearm fatality rates over time, associated with increases in suicide, but overall significantly lower rates than males. Black non-Hispanic females had increased rates of homicide per 100 000 persons per year in the 1990s, which decreased from 18.7 fatalities in 1994 to 6.2 fatalities in 2010, then more than tripled to 22.0 fatalities in 2021.The mean total firearm fatality rate per 100 000 persons per year from all intents peaked at 15.
Since 2010, all-intents firearm fatality rates per 100 000 persons increased among females , associated with higher annual suicide rates (eFigure 2 in
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