Here are some of the many takeaways from the new report:
Firearm related deaths totaled 33,636 in 2013. Of those, 21,175 were suicide, 505 were accidental discharges, and 11,208 were assault related (homicide). There were 516 “legal intervention” deaths, but the report does not specify how many those were firearm related.
Not even the CDC considers “gun violence” to be its own category.
The top 15 causes of death, in order, are:
Poisonings accounted for 48,545 deaths, of which 80% were accidental. You are more likely to die by accidentally swallowing bleach and ammonia than by someone shooting you.
31,240 people died in accidental falls. You are more likely to die by slipping on ice than you are by someone shooting you.
There were 33,804 motor vehicle deaths.
Alcohol induced causes were responsible for 29,001 deaths.
Suicides totaled 41,149, of which 21,175 were firearm related and 19,974 were not. The report does not detail the other methods by which people committed suicide, but one can imagine that hanging, intentional drug overdose, and jumping from buildings and bridges were on there.
Of the total suicides, 32,055 were by men and 9,094 were by women, and 18,214 of the firearm suicides were committed by males while 2,934 were by females. This shows that suicide and gun related suicide is much more of a men’s issue than a women’s issue, as men accounted for 3 1/2 times the total number of suicides than females, and accounted for over six times the rate of gun related suicides when compared to women.
Of the total number of firearm assaults, men accounted for 9,445 while women accounted for 1,763, for an 85%/15% split. Yup, still a men’s issue.
A real women’s issue is renal failure, where they outnumbered the male deaths, and firearm assault deaths, with 23,136. 190,617 women died in the “all other diseases” category. Women are also more likely than men to die from chronic respiratory diseases, with 78,888 deaths, and hypertension at 17,807.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf
All those gun grabber groups should start donating money to heart disease research and cancer research.
Firearm related deaths totaled 33,636 in 2013. Of those, 21,175 were suicide, 505 were accidental discharges, and 11,208 were assault related (homicide). There were 516 “legal intervention” deaths, but the report does not specify how many those were firearm related.
Not even the CDC considers “gun violence” to be its own category.
The top 15 causes of death, in order, are:
- Heart disease – 611,105
- Malignant neoplasms (cancer) – 584,881
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases – 149,205
- Accidents (unintentional injuries) – 130,557
- Cerebrovascular diseases (I don’t even know what that means) – 128,978
- Alzheimer’s – 84,767
- Diabetes – 75,578
- Flu and pneumonia – 56,979
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (sounds like a metal band) – 47,112
- Suicide – 41,149
- Septicemia (I think this is an alien race on Star Trek) – 38,156
- Liver disease & cirrhosis – 36,427
- Hypertension – 30,770
- Parkinson’s – 25,196
- Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids 18,579
Poisonings accounted for 48,545 deaths, of which 80% were accidental. You are more likely to die by accidentally swallowing bleach and ammonia than by someone shooting you.
31,240 people died in accidental falls. You are more likely to die by slipping on ice than you are by someone shooting you.
There were 33,804 motor vehicle deaths.
Alcohol induced causes were responsible for 29,001 deaths.
Suicides totaled 41,149, of which 21,175 were firearm related and 19,974 were not. The report does not detail the other methods by which people committed suicide, but one can imagine that hanging, intentional drug overdose, and jumping from buildings and bridges were on there.
Of the total suicides, 32,055 were by men and 9,094 were by women, and 18,214 of the firearm suicides were committed by males while 2,934 were by females. This shows that suicide and gun related suicide is much more of a men’s issue than a women’s issue, as men accounted for 3 1/2 times the total number of suicides than females, and accounted for over six times the rate of gun related suicides when compared to women.
Of the total number of firearm assaults, men accounted for 9,445 while women accounted for 1,763, for an 85%/15% split. Yup, still a men’s issue.
A real women’s issue is renal failure, where they outnumbered the male deaths, and firearm assault deaths, with 23,136. 190,617 women died in the “all other diseases” category. Women are also more likely than men to die from chronic respiratory diseases, with 78,888 deaths, and hypertension at 17,807.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf
All those gun grabber groups should start donating money to heart disease research and cancer research.