Gun Death Rate Rose Again in 2016, C.D.C. Says

[Eugene]

Source: New York Times

Gun Death Rate Rose Again in 2016, C.D.C. Says

The rate of gun deaths in the United States rose to about 12 per 100,000 people, the second consecutive increase after a period of relative stability.

By Christine Hauser
Nov. 4, 2017

The rate of gun deaths in the United States rose in 2016 to about 12 per 100,000 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Friday. That was up from a rate of about 11 for every 100,000 people in 2015, and it reflected the second consecutive year that the mortality rate in that category rose in the United States.

The report, compiled by the C.D.C.’s National Center for Health Statistics, showed preliminary data that came after several years in which the rate was relatively flat.

“The fact that we are seeing increases in the firearm-related deaths after a long period where it has been stable is concerning,” Bob Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch at the health statistics center, said in a telephone interview on Friday. “It is a pretty sharp increase for one year.”

Mr. Anderson also said the rates for the first quarter of this year showed an upward trend, compared with the same three-month period of 2016.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/us/gun-death-rates.html

[wasupaloopa]

1. Hold on every gunner on this board says gun violence is going down. Who's lying?

Every time there is a mass shooting someone posts on this board that gun violence is going down. What the fuck is the truth?

[NickB79]

2. Suicide rates are at 30-yr highs

And 2/3 of all gun deaths are suicides, not homicides.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/22/474888854/suicide-rates-climb-in-u-s-especially-among-adolescent-girls

And I have yet to see any major gun control proposals that would address this. People don't suicide with assault rifles generally.