Shootings
Specific Measure
Rate of fatal and nonfatal shootings per 100,000 population. This includes murders and suicides as well as officer-involved, accidental, mass shootings and many other types.
(Source: Authors' analysis of Gun Violence Archive, Centers for Disease Control, and Washington Post Fatal Force Tracker data).
How does the US rank globally?
- Specific Measure: Rate of fatal shooting deaths per 100,000 population.
(Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation).
- Percentage of countries the US outperforms: 10% (out of 115 countries)
- International Rank Trend: Improving
National Trend Unclear
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