New visualizations explore the role firearms play in the nation’s suicide rate and rising firearm homicide rate. Data from two government agencies reveals how firearm-related suicides change with age, rates at which people die in active shooter incidents, how firearm homicide rates vary between races, and more. Here is just a preview of what’s available.
- The national homicide rate rose 30% in 2020, the largest single-year rise in more than a century. Firearm homicide rates increased 44% between 2019 and 2021, while homicides by other main causes decreased.
