Key Points: Black Americans are twice as likely to be murdered with firearms than any other race. Furthermore, 88% of black American gun deaths are attributed to other black Americans.
Report Highlights:
Black Americans make up 14% of the U.S. population, yet account for 29% of the nation’s firearm-related victims.
Black Americans have been two times more likely to perish in firearm-related incidents than any other race for the past two decades.
89% of all black firearm-related homicides are perpetrated by a black offender; 79% of white firearm-related homicides are perpetrated by a white offender.
Black children are nearly nine times more likely to die from firearm-related violence than children of any other race.
5.3 out of 100,000 black Americans commit suicide using firearms; 9.5 out of 100,000 white Americans commit suicide using firearms.
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n 2021, among males, Black or African American (Black) males had the highest age-adjusted rate of firearm-related homicide (52.9 deaths per 100,000 standard population), and Asian males had the lowest rate (1.5). Among females, Black females had the highest rate (7.5), and Asian females had the lowest rate (0.5). Males had higher rates than females across all race and Hispanic origin groups.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data, 2021.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm