QuickStats: Percentage of Suicides and Homicides Involving a Firearm Among Persons Aged ≥10 Years, by Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020

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In 2020, among persons aged ≥10 years, the percentage of suicide deaths that involved a firearm was lowest among those aged 25–44 years (45.1%) and highest among those aged ≥65 years (70.8%).
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Authors: Matthew F. Garnett, MPH; Sally C. Curtin, MA; and Merianne R. Spencer, MPH

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Figure is a bar graph indicating the percentage of suicides and homicides among persons aged ≥10 years in the United States in 2020 that involved a firearm, by age group, based on data from the National Vital Statistics System.
Percentage of suicides and homicides among persons aged ≥10 years in the United States in 2020 that involved a firearm

In 2020, among persons aged ≥10 years, the percentage of suicide deaths that involved a firearm was lowest among those aged 25–44 years (45.1%) and highest among those aged ≥65 years (70.8%).

The percentage of homicide deaths that involved a firearm decreased with age, from 91.6% among those aged 10–24 years to 46.0% among those aged ≥65 years.

Persons aged ≥65 years had the highest percentage of suicide deaths that involved a firearm but the lowest percentage of homicide deaths that involved a firearm.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7119a5.htm

Source: National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm.

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