• Ar
  • Es
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Feature
  • Videos
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Feature
Videos
Infographs
In Pictures
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. US & Canada
  4. US gun violence hit highest level since 1994
US & Canada

US gun violence hit highest level since 1994

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 11 May 2022 12:54

The year 2020 saw a historic increase in homicides in the US, which continued into 2021.

  • Firearms were used in 79 percent of homicides.
    Firearms were used in 79 percent of homicides.

The firearm homicide rate in the United States reached its highest level since 1994 during the first year of the Covid pandemic, with significant racial and class disparities, according to a CDC report released Tuesday.

The year 2020 saw a historic increase in homicides in the US, which continued into 2021.

Firearms were used in 79 percent of homicides and 53 percent of suicides in the United States in 2020.

The nation's firearm homicide rate increased 34.6 percent from 2019 to 2020.

Higher poverty levels saw larger increases, with racial and ethnic minorities more likely to live in communities with high surrounding poverty.

In 2020, counties with the highest poverty levels had 4.5 and 1.3 times higher rates of firearm homicide and suicide, respectively, than counties with the lowest poverty levels.

While overall firearm suicide rates remained "relatively unchanged" from 2019 to 2020, increasing only slightly.

According to the CDC, firearm homicides and suicides are a "persistent and significant" public health concern in the United States.

"Longstanding systemic inequities and structural racism have resulted in limited economic, housing, and educational opportunities associated with inequities in risk for violence and other health conditions among various racial and ethnic groups," the report said.

The study's findings "underscore the importance of comprehensive strategies that can stop the violence" by addressing underlying factors that contribute to homicide and suicide rates, such as economic and social inequalities that drive racial disparities in health outcomes, according to the report.

Policies that improve economic and household stability, such as child care subsidies and housing assistance, could be among them, as could community outreach programs.

See More: Gun violence, the leading cause of death among youth in the US
  • Gun Violence
  • US
  • US gun laws
  • Firearm
  • Firearm homicides

Trending Now

All
Investigators work along a residential street following a deadly shooting Monday, May 15, 2023, in Farmington. (AP)

Three killed, six injured in New Mexico mass shooting

Most Read

The Middle East Stabilises, Against the Backdrop of a Great Unravelling

The Middle East Stabilises, Against the Backdrop of a Great Unravelling

  • Analysis
  • 28 May
In this image released by the Italian firefighters, a helicopter searches for missing passengers after a tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy's Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region, May 28, 2023 (AP)

Top Israeli intelligence official dead in Italy: Israeli media

  • Europe
  • 29 May
The domestically produced C919 passenger jet flies at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, Peoeple's Republic of China, 8 November 2022. (Reuters)

China is set to launch first commercial flight on its C919 plane

  • Asia
  • 26 May
Saudi Arabia's Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant which is operated by ARAMCO. (AP)

Tensions between Riyadh and Moscow on the rise due to oil prices: WSJ

  • MENA
  • 28 May

Read this

All
Pop artist Andy Warhol in New York, the United States, 1976 (AP)
US & Canada

Art dealer sentenced to 25 months for selling fake Andy Warhol works

  • 1 Jun
Former President Donald Trump watches the first round of the LIV Golf Tournament at Trump National Golf Club, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Sterling, Va. (AP)
US & Canada

New tape leaked of Trump speaking of classified information: CNN

  • 1 Jun
Hamid Nouri
MENA

Hamid Nouri breaks record for solitary confinement in Sweden

  • 1 Jun
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy listens at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, May 31, 2023 (AP)
US & Canada

Debt ceiling bill overwhelmingly passes US House

  • 1 Jun
Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS