According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rate of suicides by firearm experienced an 11 percent increase between 2019 and 2022
The report, released Thursday, revealed that an estimated 27,024 Americans took their own life by firearm in 2022, in contrast to 23,941 people in 2019.
Regarding all race and ethnicity groups, American Indian and Alaska Native people saw the highest rate increase, at 66 percent. As reported by ABC News, the highest firearm suicide rates last year were observed among white people, followed by American Indian and Alaska Native people. Meanwhile, the rates amongst other race/ethnicity groups, including Asian or Pacific Islanders, Black and Hispanic people, had two half or less the rate of those top two groups.
In a similar CDC report published earlier this week, provisional data for 2022 found that the total number of suicides by firearm was 49,449 in 2022, a 3 percent increase from the 48,183 seen in 2021.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics as of August data, which was “based on more than 99 percent of all 2022 death records” processed by the National Center for Health Statistics.
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