U.S. Gun Deaths by Year - Gun Control

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tallies American gun deaths in the WISQARS database. Below are the yearly numbers, from 1999-2016, for firearm deaths by suicide, homicide, unintentional deaths, legal intervention, and undetermined intent.

Firearm Suicides by Age, 1999-2016

	Aged 10-14*	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49
2021	235	1,185	2,405	2,201	2,020	1,889	1,755	1,706
2020	224	1,069	2,104	2,043	1,858	1,640	1,575	1,676
2019	172	995	1,805	1,826	1,681	1,625	1,562	1,780
2018	202	1,094	1,901	1,836	1,593	1,681	1,541	1,796
2017	185	1,110	1,849	1,871	1,587	1,528	1,570	1,866
2016	160	942	1,741	1,730	1,568	1,566	1,533	1,746
2015	139	877	1,584	1,571	1,547	1,397	1,555	1,686
2014	174	758	1,522	1,449	1,385	1,341	1,498	1,788
2013	137	739	1,471	1,493	1,404	1,357	1,591	1,808
2012	104	756	1,462	1,443	1,317	1,347	1,577	1,843
2011	91	758	1,410	1,450	1,290	1,316	1,521	1,919
2010	80	668	1,378	1,389	1,205	1,364	1,550	1,959
2009	64	736	1,266	1,257	1,122	1,351	1,523	1,883
2008	50	698	1,311	1,236	1,121	1,314	1,482	1,884
2007	53	630	1,270	1,151	1,155	1,276	1,603	1,763
2006	62	701	1,277	1,121	1,029	1,310	1,511	1,783
2005	84	738	1,224	1,125	1,144	1,246	1,609	1,804
2004	59	787	1,317	1,115	1,168	1,233	1,635	1,784
2003	73	736	1,339	1,114	1,267	1,280	1,647	1,705
2002	86	742	1,346	1,217	1,182	1,450	1,707	1,652
2001	90	838	1,292	1,263	1,301	1,429	1,601	1,552
Total**	2,524	17,557	32,274	30,901	28,944	29,940	33,146	37,383

	Aged 50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85+	Total
2021	2,011	2,045	1,939	1,720	1,710	1,385	1,085	1,035	26,328
2020	1,742	1,983	1,906	1,618	1,489	1,319	1,018	1,028	24,292
2019	1,836	2,265	2,001	1,675	1,455	1,333	911	1,018	23,941
2018	1,991	2,340	2,081	1,743	1,494	1,325	890	923	24,432
2017	2,071	2,265	1,954	1,552	1,437	1,178	862	967	23,854
2016	2,127	2,231	1,836	1,611	1,321	1,096	860	868	22,938
2015	2,196	2,170	1,781	1,518	1,261	1,041	831	860	22,018
2014	2,172	2,150	1,772	1,422	1,294	943	837	880	21,386
2013	2,249	2,112	1,697	1,379	1,177	921	838	798	21,175
2012	2,270	2,107	1,640	1,286	1,007	929	809	765	20,666
2011	2,181	1,957	1,565	1,185	974	846	817	704	19,990
2010	2,133	1,897	1,490	1,121	932	838	706	679	19,392
2009	2,092	1,814	1,377	1,125	910	844	747	622	18,735
2008	1,905	1,669	1,410	1,027	906	839	768	603	18,223
2007	1,768	1,550	1,236	941	759	919	670	606	17,352
2006	1,698	1,480	1,082	886	803	870	692	577	16,883
2005	1,668	1,398	1,072	827	842	884	765	571	17,002
2004	1,565	1,283	1,045	794	837	903	685	537	16,750
2003	1,574	1,329	988	833	867	886	709	559	16,907
2002	1,484	1,295	939	846	930	918	762	550	17,108
2001	1,471	1,195	888	857	901	920	728	537	16,869
Total**	40,204	38,535	31,699	25,966	23,306	21,137	16,990	15,687	426,241***

**The CDC has suppressed firearm suicide numbers for children aged 0-9.

**The totals are those reported by the CDC and may not be equal to the numbers in the columns because the CDC suppresses some numbers.

***The CDC’s total include 39 deaths by suicide for people of unknown age.

Firearm Homicides by Age, 1999-2016

	Aged 0-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44
2021	87	105	254	2,611	3,596	3,594	3,085	2,255	1,676
2020	85	91	218	2,417	3,549	3,401	2,757	2,095	1,445
2019	57	68	144	1,754	2,585	2,510	1,988	1,511	1,149
2018	60	57	134	1,580	2,527	2,463	1,885	1,523	1,046
2017	56	78	126	1,667	2,724	2,639	1,955	1,543	1,018
2016	75	68	95	1,611	2,942	2,558	1,952	1,483	1,072
2015	58	69	121	1,397	2,743	2,260	1,736	1,252	945
2014	52	58	115	1,239	2,375	1,861	1,413	1,039	804
2013	51	48	94	1,217	2,487	1,823	1,549	1,062	781
2012	50	67	124	1,423	2,508	1,944	1,483	1,055	832
2011	55	55	107	1,434	2,391	1,879	1,392	968	750
2010	54	58	107	1,554	2,335	1,909	1,422	937	736
2009	66	53	115	1,621	2,430	1,903	1,397	1,071	798
2008	65	44	143	1,785	2,609	2,106	1,506	1,130	836
2007	63	47	154	1,897	2,772	2,181	1,570	1,119	919
2006	48	62	175	1,940	2,887	2,240	1,527	1,106	881
2005	43	44	143	1,742	2,757	2,207	1,573	1,065	945
2004	42	45	139	1,578	2,549	2,063	1,440	1,025	870
2003	48	48	139	1,587	2,823	2,070	1,470	1,066	875
2002	58	55	150	1,567	2,750	2,018	1,447	1,135	907
2001	66	59	121	1,525	2,675	1,940	1,368	1,142	836
Total*	1,239	1,279	2,918	35,146	57,014	47,569	35,915	26,582	20,121

	Aged 45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85+	Total*
2021	1,154	870	630	466	244	169	74	41	47	20,958
2020	1,042	741	584	408	229	124	101	51	45	19,384
2019	808	551	512	312	180	134	78	36	36	14,414
2018	790	592	487	315	205	142	72	42	37	13,958
2017	807	640	500	324	220	102	62	47	34	14,542
2016	798	622	434	304	161	102	61	42	34	14,415
2015	726	573	420	261	173	85	76	43	40	12,979
2014	638	503	341	200	147	87	56	45	34	11,008
2013	649	509	350	223	135	88	54	49	31	11,208
2012	645	536	354	235	151	79	63	44	29	11,622
2011	630	517	340	206	121	89	55	44	35	11,068
2010	621	476	330	203	110	97	49	41	34	11,078
2009	669	483	326	194	131	84	65	49	32	11,493
2008	689	457	299	190	115	81	54	34	34	12,179
2007	699	460	280	166	108	77	51	37	23	12,632
2006	701	484	283	185	90	68	48	36	22	12,791
2005	679	418	239	166	111	90	63	34	24	12,352
2004	638	424	279	189	122	71	62	38	29	11624**
2003	683	427	250	144	83	78	55	33	23	11920***
2002	604	421	263	146	92	69	72	43	19**	11829****
2001	552	382	213	151	114	78	61	38	16**	11348*****
Total*	15,222	11,086	7,714	4,988	3,042	1,994	1,332	867	658	274802******

*The totals are those reported by the CDC and may not be equal to the numbers in the columns because the CDC suppresses some numbers.

**The 2004 total includes 21 homicides of people of unknown age.

***The 2003 total includes 18 homicides of people of unknown age.

****The 2002 total includes 13 homicides of people of unknown age.

*****The 2001 total includes 11 homicides of people of unknown age.

******The total includes 116 homicides of people of unknown age.

Unintentional Firearm Deaths by Age, 1999-2016

	Aged 0-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44
2021	54	25	28	61	64	42	39	39	37
2020	41	22	30	56	73	50	42	38	27
2019	26	--	16	66	62	39	35	31	26
2018	30	10	14	62	67	38	41	27	19
2017	32	14	16	53	64	54	39	37	27
2016	35	16	23	53	68	46	38	17	12
2015	26	--	15	52	69	45	34	35	24
2014	23	14	12	44	65	39	24	35	26
2013	30	15	24	55	52	44	38	24	24
2012	29	--	22	52	67	43	47	39	25
2011	29	16	29	66	64	53	33	37	29
2010	25	11	26	72	73	58	49	47	44
2009	16	12	20	66	66	54	45	35	41
2008	21	12	29	61	71	56	33	40	45
2007	19	20	26	73	82	64	30	52	39
2006	13	18	23	100	93	72	41	29	45
2005	23	15	37	98	105	68	62	60	54
2004	15	13	35	80	92	58	42	44	53
2003	--	13	36	95	105	74	46	57	61
2002	12	14	34	107	103	75	68	52	71
2001	15	18	39	110	96	71	51	70	76
Total*	521	301	534	1,482	1,601	1,143	877	845	805

	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85+	Total*
2021	25	21	24	20	25	21	10	10	--	549
2020	26	22	37	16	20	14	10	--	--	535
2019	29	34	27	24	12	14	16	13	--	486
2018	22	23	25	26	16	18	12	--	--	458
2017	22	28	30	17	16	14	13	--	--	486
2016	32	35	35	28	18	14	12	--	--	495
2015	32	25	32	23	26	19	--	10	--	489
2014	26	37	24	20	27	22	10	--	--	461
2013	35	45	32	27	18	17	--	14	--	505
2012	33	46	39	30	30	13	--	13	--	548
2011	46	41	35	29	24	22	17	13	--	591
2010	50	39	28	22	26	12	10	--	--	606
2009	30	31	41	19	25	21	10	11	11	554
2008	52	47	40	17	27	10	--	15	--	592
2007	41	41	30	27	21	10	16	15	--	613
2006	46	38	28	21	23	10	23	11	--	642
2005	55	53	42	25	21	23	16	17	15	789
2004	41	65	25	10	20	20	15	13	--	649
2003	48	44	36	26	23	16	16	21	--	730
2002	52	43	36	20	17	19	18	14	--	762
2001	61	42	44	25	19	14	24	17	--	802
Total*	804	800	690	472	454	343	276	244	147	12,342

*The totals are those reported by the CDC and may not be equal to the numbers in the columns because the CDC suppresses some numbers.

Legal Intervention Firearm Deaths by Age, 1999-2016

	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44
2021	11	59	83	116	88	59
2020	25	50	93	116	90	67
2019	19	51	85	91	65	57
2018	26	61	80	80	79	69
2017	32	59	106	81	77	51
2016	25	51	82	89	81	51
2015	25	59	78	75	58	40
2014	23	56	99	61	62	44
2013	19	77	63	75	59	54
2012	35	81	77	58	52	47
2011	28	72	66	64	41	43
2010	16	52	46	40	47	39
2009	17	52	47	52	38	26
2008	19	61	56	35	43	33
2007	24	72	65	42	43	33
2006	33	48	59	55	37	54
2005	21	59	38	50	58	36
2004	27	52	46	44	46	36
2003	20	72	57	52	52	37
2002	23	63	43	44	44	30
2001	26	61	44	51	49	35
Total*	494	1,268	1,413	1,371	1,209	941

	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	Total*
2021	35	34	17	17	--	537
2020	61	33	31	22	11	611
2019	54	34	33	16	--	520
2018	42	25	33	22	10	539
2017	47	43	24	11	13	553
2016	31	40	27	16	--	510
2015	50	39	31	16	--	484
2014	37	39	17	13	--	464
2013	41	29	22	13	--	467
2012	35	40	23	13	--	471
2011	49	36	21	15	12	454
2010	37	21	21	15	--	344
2009	30	23	21	13	--	333
2008	35	18	--	--	--	326
2007	31	18	--	--	--	351
2006	32	24	--	--	--	360
2005	23	16	13	--	--	330
2004	24	18	--	--	--	311
2003	20	18	--	--	--	347
2002	31	--	--	--	--	300
2001	22	--	10	--	--	323
Total*	767	562	385	246	122	8,935**

*The totals are those reported by the CDC and may not be equal to the numbers in the columns because the CDC suppresses some numbers.

**The CDC total includes the deaths of 17 people aged 10-14 years old and 139 people aged 60+ that are not included in the yearly counts.

Firearm Deaths with Undetermined Intent by Age, 1999-2016

	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44
2021	15	59	81	62	36	35	29
2020	22	50	53	51	30	30	32
2019	10	46	54	41	27	22	23
2018	17	45	48	49	35	21	21
2017	11	50	48	29	20	30	18
2016	--	34	36	28	37	23	29
2015	--	30	47	32	28	18	13
2014	--	25	32	23	23	18	22
2013	--	26	38	42	24	16	27
2012	--	17	50	28	24	17	15
2011	10	20	42	30	14	21	18
2010	11	21	32	32	22	16	10
2009	--	16	26	25	15	17	21
2008	--	27	43	36	17	21	15
2007	10	45	37	28	16	15	21
2006	--	35	41	30	15	27	12
2005	--	24	53	23	12	11	17
2004	--	22	36	22	23	16	28
2003	11	31	38	21	17	21	22
2002	--	35	44	27	19	31	19
2001	--	24	40	32	16	33	17
Total*	182	682	919	691	470	459	429

	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	Total*
2021	20	22	15	16	12	12	458
2020	19	26	19	15	17	--	400
2019	25	22	26	--	11	13	346
2018	20	22	18	--	18	--	353
2017	18	16	27	22	13	--	338
2016	18	--	14	17	10	12	300
2015	15	19	18	14	15	10	282
2014	23	28	18	16	14	10	275
2013	10	19	24	18	--	--	281
2012	20	14	19	16	13	--	256
2011	12	17	26	--	11	--	248
2010	28	16	21	12	--	--	252
2009	25	23	19	14	--	--	232
2008	22	18	21	11	13	--	273
2007	19	21	20	15	10	--	276
2006	13	--	13	--	--	--	220
2005	11	17	11	12	--	--	221
2004	12	17	11	--	11	--	235
2003	19	12	14	--	--	--	232
2002	19	10	--	--	--	--	243
2001	16	13	--	--	--	--	231
Total*	384	370	372	249	218	145	5952**

*The totals are those reported by the CDC and may not be equal to the numbers in the columns because the CDC suppresses some numbers.

**The CDC total includes the deaths of 129 people aged 0-9 years old and 244 people aged 70+ that are not included in the yearly counts.

Source

CDC, “WISQARS Fatal and Nonfatal Injury Reports,” cdc.gov (accessed July 10, 2023)

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