THERE ARE TOO MANY VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
As a nation, we have had #ENOUGH
EVERY YEAR ON AVERAGE*
everyone (all ages)
114,994
people are shot every year
children and teens (ages 0-19)
17,012
children and teens are shot every year
Fatalities
Gun Injuries
Fatalities
Gun Injuries
33,880*
81,114*
2,647*
14,365*
11,564
60,041
1,565
11,321
21,037
3,700
907
231
544
16,428
116
2,747
468
947
27
65
people die from
gun violence
murdered
die from suicide
killed
unintentionally
killed by legal
intervention
267
die but intent
was unknown
people survive
gun injuries
injured
in an attack
survive a
suicide attempt
shot
unintentionally
shot by legal
intervention
*Numbers may not
sum due to rounding
of CDC averages.
kids & teens die
from gun violence
murdered
die from suicide
killed
unintentionally
killed by legal
intervention**
kids and teens
survive gun injuries
injured
in an attack
survive a
suicide attempt**
shot
unintentionally
shot by legal
intervention**
32
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 (2011-2015) and estimates of emergency room
admissions (2010-2014) 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 1.3.17 and 4.24.17 respectively. 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 have had #ENOUGH
EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE*
everyone (all ages)
309
people are shot every day
children and teens (ages 0-19)
48
children and teens are shot every day
Fatalities
Gun Injuries
Fatalities
93*
216
7*
40*
32
159
4
32
58
11
2
1
1
43
1
3
people die from
gun violence
murdered
die from suicide
killed
unintentionally
killed by legal
intervention
1
died but intent
was unknown
people survive
gun injuries
injured
in an attack
survive a
suicide attempt
kids and teens die
from gun violence
murdered
die from suicide
Gun Injuries
kids and teens
survive gun injuries
injured
in an attack
survived a
suicide attempt
8
shot
unintentionally
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 (2011-2015) and estimates of emergency room
admissions (2010-2014) 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 1.3.17 and 4.29.16 respectively. Numbers may not sum to 100% because of rounding of CDC averages.
**Estimate may be unstable.
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BRADYCENTER.ORG