Mark Abraham

1. Compared to other wealthy countries, US firearm homicide rates were 36X higher in high-gun states & 13.5X higher in low-gun states

2. Among wealthy countries, 84% of all gun deaths, 92% of women and 97% of all children aged 0-4 killed by guns were from the US.

Grinshteyn and Hemenway, 2019:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30817955/ #publichealth #gunviolence #guncontrol

Violent death rates in the US compared to those of the other high-income countries, 2015 - PubMed

Violence is a serious public health issue in the U.S. This research compares the US and other high-income countries in terms of violent death. We used data from the World Health Organization for populous, high-income countries. Data from CDC's WISQARS and WONDER systems were used to assess mortality …

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Show threadMark AbrahamFeb 14, 2023

Here's the #ChatGPT version of the article, written in #healthpolicyvalentines format.

#publichealth #gunviolence

Show threadantipode77Feb 14, 2023

@urbandata

The Global Burden of Disease study estimates that over 24,000 died from firearm suicide in the United States in 2017. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide similar estimates: 23,854 deaths in 2017. The number of homicides by firearm in the same year was 14,452. This means the number of suicide deaths by firearm greatly outnumber those from homicide: 60% of firearm deaths in the US are from suicides.

https://ourworldindata.org/suicide#firearms

Suicides

Suicide rates can be reduced with greater understanding and support for people at risk.

Our World in Data
Show threadgotluckyFeb 28, 2023
@urbandata It's almost like more guns don't make us safer.