The homicide rate via firearms skyrocketed in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years, a new analysis released May 10 shows.
The rate shot up 35 percent to about 6.1 per 100,000 people, according to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The rate was the highest since 1994, and up 4.6 per 100,000 population in just one year.
In total numbers, the increase was from 14,392 to 19,350.
“This is a historic increase,” Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s acting principal deputy director and the head of the agency’s National Center for Injury Prevention, told reporters on a call.
Researchers with the agency analyzed data from the CDC and the U.S. Census Bureau and found that murders increased across all age groups, with the most significant jumps recorded among those aged 10 to 44.
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