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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 ** 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 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 firearms Suicide by firearm Homicide 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 STATES No. of deaths: 37,171 Death rate: 10.6 LESOTHO No. of deaths: 172 Death rate: 8.9 EL SALVADOR No. of deaths: 2,504 Death rate: 39.2 INDIA No. of deaths: 26,550 Death rate: 2.1 PHILIPPINES No. of deaths: 8,022 Death rate: 8.4 AFGHANISTAN No. of deaths: 4,049 Death rate: 14.2 SERBIA No. of deaths: 397 Death rate: 4.0 >20 10 to <20 4 to <10 Firearm deaths per 100,000, age-adjusted 2 to <4 1 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
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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**
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
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
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Change in rate of homicide by firearm and suicide by firearm over time, 1990–2016
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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.
