This statistic shows the number of gun deaths in the United States annually as an average from the years 2012 to 2014, by cause. Suicide was the largest cause of gun deaths in the United States. On average, 21,058 people in the United States took their own life using a firearm each year.
Annual number of gun deaths in the United States on average from 2012 to 2014, by cause
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FiveThirtyEight. (July 13, 2016). Annual number of gun deaths in the United States on average from 2012 to 2014, by cause [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/595959/us-gun-deaths-by-cause/
FiveThirtyEight. "Annual number of gun deaths in the United States on average from 2012 to 2014, by cause." Chart. July 13, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/595959/us-gun-deaths-by-cause/
FiveThirtyEight. (2016). Annual number of gun deaths in the United States on average from 2012 to 2014, by cause. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/595959/us-gun-deaths-by-cause/
FiveThirtyEight. "Annual Number of Gun Deaths in The United States on Average from 2012 to 2014, by Cause." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/595959/us-gun-deaths-by-cause/
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Annual number of gun deaths in the United States on average from 2012 to 2014, by cause [Graph], FiveThirtyEight, July 13, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/595959/us-gun-deaths-by-cause/