This is a basic analysis of suicide and murder statistics from the 2017 National Vital Statistics Reports, Deaths: Final Data for 2017

1. Suicide and murder statistics for 2017 fromthe National Vital
Statistics Reports, Deaths: Final Data for 2017
Richard Gardner,February 23, 2020
National Vital Statistics Reports, Deaths: Final Data for 2017
Volume 68, Number9 June 24, 2019
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_09-508.pdf
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/05/among-gun-owners-nra-
members-have-a-unique-set-of-views-and-experiences/
39,773 total firearmdeathsin2017
19,510 murders
14,542 gun murders 74.54% of all murders
486 accidental gundeaths
616 gun deathsbylawenforcement
For malesthe age-adjusteddeathrate forinjurybyfirearmswas6.1 timesthe rate forfemales.
There were 1.8 timesmore gun suicidesthanasphyxiationsuicides,the nextmostcommonmethod.
white male suicides
white female suicides
blackmale suicides
blackfemale suicides
IndianorAlaska Native male sucides
IndianorAlaska Native female suicides
Asian/Pacific Islander
male sucides Asian/Pacific Islander
female suicides
Hispanic male suicides
Hispanic female suicides
Suicides by ethnicty and gender

2. suicude bygun
ssuicide bysuffocation,
hanging and
strangulation
suicide bypoisoning
suicide byallother
methods
Suicides by method

3. p. 42
47,173 total suicides 100%
23,854 suicidesbygun 50.57%
13,075 suicidesbysuffocation,hangingandstrangulation 27.72%
6,554 suicidesbypoisoning 13.89%
3,690 suicide byall othermethods 7.82%
47,173 total suicides 100%
36,782 male suicide 77.97%
10,391 female suicide 22.03%
38,106 white suicides 80.78%
29,708 white male suicides 62.98%
8,398 white female suicides 17.80%
2,940 blacksuicides 6.23%
2,324 blackmale suicides 4.93%
616 blackfemale suicides 1.31%
602 Indianor AlaskaNative suicides 1.28%
448 Indianor AlaskaNative male suicides 0.95%
154 Indianor AlaskaNative female suicides 0.33%
1,414 asian/pacificislandersuicides 3.00%
990 asian/pacificislandermale suicides 2.10%
424 asian/pacificislanderfemalesuicides 0.90%
3,933
hispanic
suicides 8.34%
3,175 hispanicmale suicides 6.73%
758 hispanicfemale suicides 1.61%
23,854 gun suicides 100%
20,615 male suicidesbyguns 86.42%
3,239 female suicidesbygun 13.58%
20,328 white suicidesbygun 85.22%
17,516 white male suicidesbyguns 73.43%
2,812 white female suicidesbygun 11.79%
1,444 blacksuicidesbygun 6.05%
1,282 blackmale suicidesbygun 5.37%
162 blackfemale suicidesbygun 0.68%
229 Indianor AlaskaNative suicidesbygun 0.96%
197 Indianor AlaskaNative male suicidesbygun 0.83%
32 Indianor AlaskaNative female suicidesbygun 0.13%
367 asian/pacificislandersuicidesbygun 1.54%
312 asian/pacificislandermale suicidesbygun 1.31%
55 asian/pacificislanderfemalesuicidesbygun 0.23%
1,423 hispanicsuicidesbygun 5.97%
1,252 hispanicmale suicidesbygun 5.25%
171 hispanicfemale suicidesbygun 0.72%

4. p. 43
39,773 total deathsby firearms
19,510 total murders 100% of total murders
15,524 malesmurdered 79.57%
3,986 femalesmurdered 20.43%
5,747 total whitesmurdered 29.46%
3,815 white malesmurdered 19.55%
1,932 white femalesmurdered 9.90%
9,908 total blacksmurdered 50.78%
8,643 total black malesmurdered 44.30%
1,265 total black femalesmurdered 6.48%
266 Indianor AlaskaNative murdered 1.36%
199 Indianor AlaskaNative malesmurdered 1.02%
67 Indianor AlaskaNative femalesmurdered 0.34%
347 asian/pacificislandersmurdered 1.78%
234 asian/pacificislandermalesmurdered 1.20%
113 asian/pacificislanderfemalesmurdered 0.58%
3,186 hispanicsmurdered 16.33%
2,588 hispanicmalesmurdered 13.26%
598 hispanicfemalesmurdered 3.07%
14,542 murderedbyguns 74.54% of total murders 100%
12,220 malesmurderedbyguns 62.63% 84.03%
2,322 femalesmurderedbyguns 11.90% 15.97%
3,549 total whitesmurderedbyguns 18.19% 24.41%
2,466 white malesmurderedbyguns 12.64% 16.96%
1,083 white femalesmurderedbyguns 5.55% 7.45%
8,371 total blacks murderedbyguns 42.91% 57.56%
7,546 total black malesmurderedbyguns 38.68% 51.89%
826 total black femalesmurderedbyguns 4.23% 5.68%
124 Indianor AlaskaNativesmurderedbyguns 0.64% 0.85%
99 Indianor AlaskaNative males murderedbyguns 0.51% 0.68%
25 Indianor AlaskaNative femalesmurderedbyguns 0.13% 0.17%
197 asian/pacificislandersmurderedbyguns 1.01% 1.35%
144 asian/pacificislandermalesmurderedbyguns 0.74% 0.99%
53 asian/pacificislanderfemalesmurderedbyguns 0.27% 0.36%
2,268 hispanicsmurderedbyguns 11.62% 15.60%
1,936 hispanicmalesmurderedbyguns 9.92% 13.31%
332 hispanicfemalesmurderedbyguns 1.70% 2.28%

5. Total Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Indian or Alaska NativeAsian/Pacific Hispanic
MALE Male white black Native Islander
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 22.9 29.9 11.4 33.5 10.3 10.7
poisoning 2.1 1.9 0.7 1.8 0.8 0.6
hanging, strangulation and suffocation 6.3 7.5 3.1 14.4 4.5 4.7
firearms 12.9 17.7 6.3 14.7 3.2 4.2
Assault (homicide) 9.7 3.8 42.3 14.9 2.4 8.7
Assault (homicide) by firearms 7.6 2.5 37.0 7.4 1.5 6.5
suicide + homicide 32.6 33.7 53.7 48.4 12.7 19.4
sucicide and homicide by firearm 20.5 20.2 43.3 22.1 4.7 10.7
Total Non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Hispanic
FEMALE female white black Native American Islander
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 6.3 8.2 2.8 11.1 4.0 2.6
poisoning 2.0 2.8 0.7 1.7 0.8 0.6
hanging, strangulation and suffocation 1.8 2.0 0.9 6.5 2.2 1.1
firearms 2.0 2.8 0.7 2.3 0.5 0.6
Assault (homicide) 2.4 1.9 5.7 4.8 1.1 2.1
Assault (homicide) by firearms 1.4 1.1 3.7 1.8 0.5 1.1
suicide + homicide 8.7 10.1 8.5 15.9 5.1 4.7
sucicide and homicide by firearm 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.1 1.0 1.7
white
black
Asian/Pacific
Islander
Asian/Pacific
Islander
Hispanic
Suicide ratesfor males
white
black
males
Indianor
Alaskan
Native
Asian/Paci
fic Islander
Hispanic
Murder rates for males

6. suicides by
guns, 23,854
total
murders by
all methods,
19510
Totalmurders by all
methods vs. suicides by guns
suicide by
guns for
whties,
20,328
total murders by
all methods,
19,510
White gun suicides vs. total
murders by all methods