THERE ARE TOO MANY VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
As a nation, we are better than this.
EVERY YEAR ON AVERAGE*
everyone (all ages)
children and teens (ages 0-19)
108,926
17,446
people are shot every year
children and teens are shot every year
32,964*
75,962*
2,624*
14,822*
11,184
55,009
1,591
11,420
20,511
3,791
853
280
567
16,334
123
3,061
440
827
25
62
people die
from gun violence
murdered
kill themselves
killed
unintentionally
killed by legal
intervention
261
die but intent
was unknown
people survive
gun injuries
kids and teens die
from gun violence
injured
in an attack
murdered
survive a
suicide attempt
shot
unintentionally
shot by legal
intervention
kill themselves
killed
unintentionally
killed by legal
intervention
*Numbers may not
sum due to rounding
of CDC averages.
kids and teens
survive gun injuries
injured
in an attack
survive a
suicide attempt**
shot
unintentionally
shot by legal
intervention**
33
die but intent
was unknown
*Numbers may not
sum due to rounding
of CDC averages.
* The Brady Center averaged the most recent five years of complete data from death certificates (2010-2014) and estimates of emergency room
admissions (2009-2013) available via CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/. Data retrieved 12.18.15. Numbers may not sum to 100% because of rounding of CDC averages. **Estimate may be
unstable.
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THERE ARE TOO MANY VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
As a nation, we are better than this.
EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE*
everyone (all ages)
children and teens (ages 0-19)
298
48
people are shot every day
children and teens are shot every day
90*
208
7*
41*
31
151
4
31
56
10
2
1
2
45
1
2
people die
from gun violence
murdered
kill themselves
killed
unintentionally
killed by legal
intervention
1
died but intent
was unknown
people survive
gun injuries
kids and teens die
from gun violence
injured
in an attack
murdered
survive a
suicide attempt
kill themselves
shot
unintentionally
kids and teens
survive gun injuries
injured
in an attack
survived a
suicide attempt
8
shot
unintentionally
shot by legal
intervention
*Numbers may not
sum due to rounding
of CDC averages.
*Numbers may not
sum due to rounding
of CDC averages.
* The Brady Center averaged the most recent five years of complete data from death certificates (2010-2014) and estimates of emergency room
admissions (2009-2013) available via CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/. Data retrieved 12.18.15. Numbers may not sum to 100% because of rounding of CDC averages. **Estimate may be
unstable.
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