US remains an outlier in terms of firearm deaths compared to the other high-income countries
US firearm homicide rates were 25 times higher and overall homicide rates were 7.5 times higher than rates in the other high-income countries (2015). 92% of all women killed by guns and 97% of all children aged 0-4 killed by guns in high-income countries were US residents. White firearm homicide victimization rates were 12 time higher than rates in other high-income countries. Compared to these other countries, for US residents in high-gun states, firearm homicide victimization rates were 36 times higher and for US residents in low-gun states, firearm homicide victimization rates were 13.5 times higher. The article, “Violent death rates in the US compared to those in the other high-income countries, 2015” by Erin Grinshteyn and David Hemenway appears in Preventive Medicine 2019; 123:20-26.
