Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Naghavi, Mohsen. 2018 ‘Global Mortality from Firearms, 1990-2016.’ Journal of the American Medical Association / JAMA; Vol. 320 (No. 8), p. 1. Chicago IL: American Medical Association. 28 August
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Worldwide, it was estimated that 251,000… people died from firearm injuries in 2016…
In 1990, there were an estimated 209,000… deaths from firearm injuries. Globally, the majority of firearm injury deaths in 2016 were homicides… additionally, 27% were firearm suicide deaths… and 9% were unintentional firearm deaths…
Estimates of the number of firearms by country were associated with higher rates of firearm suicide… and homicide…
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