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Originally Posted by PaulS
Just saw this.
http://www.vpc.org/fact-sheets/state...-by-rate-2014/
State Firearm Death Rates, Ranked by Rate, 2014
Rank State Rate
1 Alaska 19.68
2 Louisiana 19.27
3 Mississippi 18.27
4 Alabama 16.81
5 Montana 16.80
6 Arkansas 16.72
7 New Mexico 16.30
8 Wyoming 15.92
9 South Carolina 15.87
10 Oklahoma 15.76
11 Tennessee 15.57
12 Missouri 15.55
13 West Virginia 15.46
14 Nevada 15.11
15 Kentucky 14.37
16 Georgia 13.78
17 Arizona 13.77
18 Idaho 13.03
19 North Dakota 12.98
20 Oregon 12.52
21 Indiana 12.40
22 Colorado 12.38
23 North Carolina 12.13
24 Florida 12.11
25 Utah 11.45
26 Kansas 11.33
27 Michigan 11.05
28 Vermont 11.01
29 Delaware 10.90
30 Pennsylvania 10.87
31 Virginia 10.68
32 Texas 10.56
33 Ohio 10.44
34 South Dakota 10.43
35 Maine 10.00
36 Washington 9.94
37 Nebraska 9.51
38 New Hampshire 9.19
39 Illinois 9.15
40 Maryland 9.14
41 Wisconsin 8.46
42 Iowa 7.76
43 California 7.58
44 Minnesota 6.91
45 New Jersey 5.24
46 Connecticut 5.20
47 New York 4.43
48 Massachusetts 3.37
49 Rhode Island 3.22
50 Hawaii 2.82
. National Firearm Death Rate 10.54
*Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. |
I assume those numbers also include suicide and accidental deaths by firearm or is it just the homicide rate?
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