https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/04/23/health/gun-deaths-in-men-by-state-study/index.html
The study is based on death certificates issued between 08 and 16. Because of that there are some limitations (study didn't show non fatal gun violence or what committed the gun violence in the murders).
The study also stated there is a large variation on these numbers by state.
The disparities on gun murders is absolutely staggering and disgusting.
(CNN) — America's gun violence problem is evident nationwide, but a new study reveals that how different groups of people across the country experience such violence can vary dramatically, depending upon who they are and where they live.
The research, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, measures drastic differences in how black and white men experience fatal gun violence in the United States.
The researchers computed the average annual death rate among the men according to race, intent (such as homicide or suicide) and firearm involvement. They also calculated any inequalities in those age-adjusted rates between the two groups. In total, their analysis included 84,113 homicides and 251,772 suicides.
Compared with white men, the researchers found that black men experienced 27 more firearm homicides per 100,000 people annually nationwide (29.12 for black men vs. 2.1 for white men). The states with the highest rates of firearm homicide among black men in the data -- namely Missouri, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana -- also had the largest disparities between blacks and whites, the researchers found.
Suicide rates were found to be higher among white men than black men. Compared with black men, the researchers found that white men had nine more firearm suicides per 100,000 people annually nationwide (5.41 for black men vs. 14.34 for white men).
Some studies have found that black and white Americans hold opposing attitudes about gun ownership and knowing someone who has been harmed by guns.
A Pew Research Center report published last year found that 48% of white men say they currently own a gun, compared with 24% each of white women and non-white men, and only 16% of non-white women.
According to that report, 57% of black adults said they knew someone who has been shot, compared with 43% of whites and 42% of Hispanics. Also, the report found that 32% of blacks said they or someone in their family had been threatened or intimated by someone with a gun, compared with 20% of whites and 24% of Hispanics.
The study is based on death certificates issued between 08 and 16. Because of that there are some limitations (study didn't show non fatal gun violence or what committed the gun violence in the murders).
The study also stated there is a large variation on these numbers by state.
The states with the highest rates of firearm homicide among black men in the data -- namely Missouri, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana -- also had the largest disparities between blacks and whites, the researchers found.
The disparities on gun murders is absolutely staggering and disgusting.