By the Numbers
15,696
Total number of deaths by homicide in the USA during 2015 (Including justifiable homicide - FBI Uniform Crime Report)
4.9
Homicide rate per 100,000 of the population in the entire USA 2015
30,000
Approximate total number of gun deaths per year in the USA
68
Approximate percentage of gun deaths due to suicide in the USA
15
Approximate percentage of gun deaths by law enforcement in the USA
17
Approximate percentage of gun deaths due to criminal/gang activity in the USA
44,000
Approximate number of deaths by drug overdose in the USA 2013
783
Number of deaths by homicide in Chicago 2016
30
Number of deaths by homicide in Chicago as of 19 January 2017
334
Number of deaths by homicide in New York City 2016
318
Number of deaths by homicide in Baltimore 2016
302
Number of deaths by homicide in Detroit 2016
294
Number of deaths by homicide in Los Angeles 2016
175
Number of deaths by homicide in New Orleans 2016
141
Number of deaths by homicide Milwaukee 2016
104
Number of deaths by homicide Birmingham, AL 2016
0
Number of deaths by gun homicide in the entire State of Wyoming 2013
10,857
Number of robberies in the entire State of Maryland 2010
76
Number of robberies in the entire State of Wyoming 2010
200,0000
Approximate number of deaths per year due to medical malpractice in the USA
35 Million
Pounds of candy corn produced annually
36
Percentage of people 18 to 31 living with parents in USA
84,376
Number of forcible rapes in the USA in 2012
52.9
Rate of forcible rapes in entire USA per 100,000 females in population 2012
37,460 (100 per day)
Number of white females sexually assaulted or raped by black males in the USA 2005
10 (per year)
Estimated total number of black females sexually assaulted or raped by white males in the USA 2005
Murders in USA broken down by type of weapon
•Year 2014-12-31
•Total Murders - 11,961
•Total by Firearms - 8124 (67.9%)
•Handguns - 5562
•Rifles - 248
•Shotguns - 262
•Other guns - 93
•Firearms, type not stated - 1959
•Knives - 1567
•Blunt objects - 435
•Personal weapons (hands and feet) – 660
•Poison - 7
•Explosives - 6
•Fire - 71
•Narcotics - 62
•Drowning - 14
•Strangulation – 89
•Asphyxiation – 96
•Other Weapons or Weapons not Stated - 830
