New York Gun Violence

The data in this report includes all deaths in New York classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with firearms as the "mechanism." It includes all intents—both homicides and suicides in New York. Despite much of the national focus on homicide gun deaths, roughly two-thirds of all firearm-related deaths are suicides. 

How does gun violence vary by sex in New York?

How do victims of gun violence differ by race in New York?

How does gun violence vary by intent in New York?

When analyzing gun-related deaths, it's important to keep in mind that mortality statistics can also be broken down by intent. The landscape of gun-related homicides looks very different from gun-related suicides. In some cases, states with extremely high rates of gun-related suicide have low rates of gun-related homicides.

More Information

1. "Gender Disparities in Injury Mortality: Consistent, Persistent, and Larger Than You'd Think." National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2011.

2. "Homicide as a medical outcome: Racial disparity in deaths from assault in us level I and II trauma centers." The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2012.

About the Data

Mortality data in this story was queried from the CDC Wonder API, based on the following parameters:

• Data reported as Underlying Cause of Death, ICD-10 codes: W32-W34, X72-X74, X93-X95, Y22-Y24, Y35.0.