Global

Latin America and Caribbean

Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania

North Africa and Middle East

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Asia

Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

High-income**

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Proportion of total firearms deaths

9.1% 26.9% 64.0%4.3% 4.8%

90.9%

11.9% 18.0% 70.1%

25.4% 15.6% 59.0%

25.6% 21.7% 52.7%6.0%

50.0% 44.0%

19.9% 43.4% 36.7%4.9%

64.1% 31.0%

Unintentional deaths from firearmsSuicide by firearmHomicide by firearm

Firearm deaths by world region and cause, 2016

**Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Uruguay, US

*Includes firearm homicide, firearm suicide, and unintentional firearm deaths. Countries highlighted are those with populations over 1 million in 2016 with the highest firearm-related death rates in each Global Burden of Disease super-region.

UNITED STATESNo. of deaths: 37,171

Death rate: 10.6

LESOTHONo. of deaths: 172Death rate: 8.9

EL SALVADORNo. of deaths: 2,504

Death rate: 39.2

INDIANo. of deaths: 26,550Death rate: 2.1

PHILIPPINESNo. of deaths: 8,022Death rate: 8.4

AFGHANISTANNo. of deaths: 4,049Death rate: 14.2

SERBIANo. of deaths: 397

Death rate: 4.0

>2010 to <204 to <10

Firearm deaths per 100,000, age-adjusted

2 to <41 to <2<1

No data

Firearm deaths* globally, 2016

Globally, homicide is the most common type of firearm death, but in some regions suicide is more common.

Every day, 688 people die from firearm injuries around the world.

FIREARM DEATHS AROUND THE WORLD 1990–2016

The GBD 2016 Injury Collaborators. Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990–2016. JAMA. 2018;320(8):792-814. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.10060

FIREARM DEATHS AROUND THE WORLD 1990–2016

Homicide by firearm, both sexes, age-adjusted

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Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania

North Africa and Middle East

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Asia

Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

High-income

Latin America and Caribbean

Change in rate of homicide by firearm and suicide by firearm over time, 1990–2016

Early neonatal

Late neonatal

Post neonatal

1 to 4

5 to 9

10 to 14

15 to 19

20 to 24

25 to 29

30 to 34

35 to 39

40 to 44

45 to 49

50 to 54

55 to 59

60 to 64

65 to 69

70 to 74

75 to 79

80 to 84

85 to 89

90 to 94

95 plus

Female deaths Male deaths

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Age groupUnintentional deaths from firearmsSuicide by firearmHomicide by firearm

Global firearm deaths by age and sex, 2016

Homicide by firearm remains high for Latin America and the Caribbean; suicide by firearm now trends slightly upward in the high-income super-region.

Most firearm deaths occur as homicides of young men.