Plus, data on tornados, bridges, and more. 

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** We dove into firearm data. Here are the findings.
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New visualizations at USAFacts explore the role firearms play in the nation’s suicide rate ([link removed]) and rising firearm homicide rate ([link removed]) . Data from two government agencies reveals how firearm-related suicides change with age, rates at which people die in active shooter incidents, how firearm homicide rates vary between races, and more. Here is just a preview of what’s available in these new visuals from the USAFacts Special Data Projects team.
* The national homicide rate rose 30% in 2020, the largest single-year rise in more than a century. Firearm homicide rates increased 44% between 2019 and 2021, while homicides by other main causes decreased.

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* The firearm homicide rate had decreased from its early 1990s peak of 6.8 victims per 100,000 people. It dipped below 4 per 100,000 in the early 2010s. It’s since returned to 1990s levels. Most victims were killed in an argument. Less than 2% of gun homicides were due to gang violence.

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* Active shooter events doubled between 2019 and 2021, but the number of victims dying from these events remained largely unchanged. In 2021, 103 people were killed in active shooter events, accounting for about 0.5% of the homicides reported by the CDC that year.

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* In 2021, 48,830 people in the US were killed with a firearm. Fifty-four percent of these deaths were suicides ([link removed]) . Overall, suicide was the 11th leading cause of death that year.

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* The share of gun-related suicides was smaller for younger people: they accounted for 40% of gun deaths between the ages of 20 and 35. After 45, most gun deaths were suicides. By age 75, 94% of gun deaths were suicides.

* The number of suicides was similar for people in their twenties (4,606 deaths) and fifties (4,056 deaths), though suicide comprised a higher percentage of firearm deaths for older Americans.

Blue states tend to have stricter gun policies than red states. See how that affects firearm homicides ([link removed]) . Then, get more facts on firearms and suicides ([link removed]) in this article.

If you are thinking about attempting suicide, call 911 or tell someone who can help immediately. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline ([link removed]) also has 24-hour, confidential support.


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Over the weekend, tornados in Indiana killed one person and caused extensive damage. This is already an increase over last year ([link removed]) .

Saturday marked one year since the Supreme Court determined that the US Constitution does not grant a right to abortion in its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This article from last year ([link removed]) tracks how abortion laws have changed in various states since the ruling, plus USAFacts has data on the states people travel to for abortions ([link removed]) .

Temporary lanes for I-95 in Philadelphia opened on Friday after a tanker truck fire on
June 11 caused a bridge to collapse. See facts on how many bridges are rated “poor” ([link removed]) and specifically the percent of highway bridges considered structurally deficient ([link removed]) .

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The Biden administration has invested in a plan to deploy nuclear fusion ([link removed]) on the electrical grid sometime in the 2030s. While the Energy Department’s Office of Science is the largest fusion research funder, the field also receives some funding from the National Nuclear Security Agency and the Defense Department.
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