Gun Deaths in America is not a new phenomenon. These events are still prevalent in the American states. Many laws and policies have tried to reduce the number of gun killings but a majority of these attempts have failed this country. The project of Five Thirty Eight has explored multiple datasets collected by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Multiple Cause of Death database, which is derived from death certificates from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and is widely considered the most comprehensive estimate of firearm deaths. This project has an interactive graph showcasing more than 33,000 annual deaths in the country.
The categories covered are as follows:
1) suicides among middle-aged men
2) homicides of young black man
3) accidental deaths
The visualization shows that the suicide rate is nearly 44 per 100,000, men in the middle-age category and geographical group have more than three times the risk of dying by suicide than the national average. For example, In Wyoming, approximately 80 percent of suicides are men; a quarter is men ages 45-64.
The visualization of the homicide category includes deaths by assault and shootings by police officers. The age group of the people in this category was in the range of 15-34. The visualizations also show the mass shootings and accidental killings by police officers during terrorist shootings. Each visualization gives us a rough idea about the ratio or number of killings in various states. Such visualizations are important to make people realize and bring the number down
Reference: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gun-deaths/