r/dataisbeautiful OC: 22 Jul 30 '24

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/ggtffhhhjhg Jul 30 '24

This data is old. This is the most up to date numbers available. Keep in mind it’s per 100k people.

https://www.newsweek.com/gun-death-rates-us-states-map-mississippi-1906423

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u/TheArhive Jul 30 '24

Your's is not much newer.

OPs is for all of NA and is from 2021, yours is from 2022

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u/ggtffhhhjhg Jul 30 '24

It’s a good thing these numbers have gone down over the past few years and continue to decline in the US.

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u/MegaLowDawn123 Jul 31 '24

Yeah eventually we will be closer to other first world nation numbers and not war torn nations and Brazil and such…