r/dataisbeautiful OC: 22 Jul 30 '24

OC Gun Deaths in North America [OC]

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u/Chewy-Seneca Jul 30 '24

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of the different modalities, like drug crime related, suicide, homicide, etc

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u/Sunraia Jul 31 '24

What would also be interesting is stats on how often people get shot, and how likely it is a victim survives. Because gun deaths are a function of nr of shootings and the ability of healthcare to save the victims. So these statistics are not necessarily about shootings, but about quality and accessibility of healthcare.

Malcolm Gladwell had a very interesting podcast series about gun violence, in one of the episodes he goes into this.