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2022-12-09 b
BLACK BLIGHT IV

AMERICA HAS A BLACK PROBLEM,
NOT A GUN PROBLEM

Gun deaths surged at record pace during pandemic, study finds
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The study found that firearm homicide rates for young Black men aged 20 to 24 skyrocketed by 48% from 95.3 per 100,000 people in 2019 to 141.1 in 2021.

By comparison, the shooting death rate rose by only 14% for White men in that age range from 4.3 to 4.9 [per 100,000 people] over the same period.

Gun suicide rates for White men aged 75 and older, who have long dominated that category, rose by 7% from 39.3 per 100,000 people in 2019 to 42.2 in 2021.

Among Black men in the same age range, the rate rose by 16% from 8.1 per 100,000 people to 9.4 over the same period — more than double the rate of White men.

From 1990 to 2021, 85.8% of all gun deaths occurred among men and 14.20% among women, a ratio the study found did not substantially change during the pandemic.

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See also: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/29/health/gun-deaths-disparities/index.html

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