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According to the FBI, there were 21,156 cases of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, defined as the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another, in 2022 - equivalent to a rate ...
An upward trend began in 2015, however, and homicide increased by 30% from 2019 to 2020, the largest single-year increase since 1960. After a small increase in 2021, the rate decreased 9% in 2022 to 6.3 per 100,000 people. Homicide Victimization by Age Group.
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•Number of emergency department visits for assault: 1.4 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2021 National Summary Tables, table 15 [PDF – 830 KB]
All homicides
•Number of deaths: 26,031
•Deaths per 100,000 population: 7.8
•Trends in Homicide from Health, United States
•Deaths: Leading Causes for 2020 [PDF – 2 MB]
•Emergency Department Visit Rates for Assaults: United States, 2019-2021
•Suicide and Homicide Death Rates Among Youth and Young Adults Ages 10–24: United States, 2001-2021
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Oct 6, 2021 · The numbers for 2020 are striking: the homicide rate rose from 6.0 homicides per 100,000 in 2019 to 7.8 in 2020. And the 2020 rate is the highest in the U.S. since 1995. Still, the 2020 rate was lower than the rate in the early 1980s of more than 10 homicides per 100,000. Of course, most people want to know the reasons behind the big increase ...
Oct 16, 2021 · The factors that contribute to mass murder cluster into three groups: predisposers—long-term and stable preconditions that become incorporated into the killer’s personality; precipitants—short-term and acute catalysts; and facilitators—situational conditions that increase the likelihood of a violent eruption but are not essential to produce that response.
- James Alan Fox, Jack Levin
- 2021
The rate of firearm-related deaths in our nation has been rising and reached a near three-decade high in 2021.2 This crisis is being driven, in particular, by increases in firearm-related homicides over the last decade and firearm-related suicides over the last two decades.2 Across all firearm-related deaths in 2022, more than half (56.1%) were from suicide, 40.8% were from homicide, and the ...
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Oct 19, 2023 · The rate of firearm homicide in the United States rose sharply from 2019 through 2020, reaching a level not seen in more than 2 decades, with ongoing and widening racial and ethnic disparities (1). During 2020–2021, the rate increased again ( 2 ).
