Drexel University

Gun Deaths in Big Cities

Between 2019 and 2021, the gun death rate increased in nearly all BCHC cities. However, these rates vary widely between cities. In 2021, yearly gun death rates in BCHC cities ranged from a low of 4 ...
Drexel University

Gun deaths In big cities surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

In partnership with the Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative created a new data brief and infographic using twelve years of data from the Big Cities Health ...
NPR

Gun deaths hit their highest level ever in 2021, with 1 person dead every 11 minutes

Gun deaths in the United States reached an all-time high in 2021 for the second year in a row, with firearms violence the single leading cause of death for children and young adults, according to a ...
Time

Americans Were Killed by Guns in 2021 at the Highest Rate in 30 Years

In 2021, Americans were killed by guns at the highest rate in 30 years, according to an analysis of federal data that U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers published on Oct ...
Pew Research Center

Gun deaths among U.S. children and teens rose 50% in two years

The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from ...