Gun Violence and Race

Gun Violence and Race --- ===

Study federal CDC implies that blacks suffer from gun violence worse than whites because of racism, yet dismisses that the safest group is "other" which is only 1/3 the rate of whites, which is an even greater gap than between whites and blacks

Ranked by rate, "other" has the lowest rate, not whites, mostly Asian and Hispanic.

other   3.38 -

white  9.05 per 100,000

black 18.51

state:
the study revealed.  7 to 1 Hawaii to DC
Low (Asian) Hawaii's rate was roughly three per 100,000 citizens. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the
High (mostly black) District of Columbia had the highest rate of gun deaths, with about 22 per 100,000 citizens.

*Sources

September 18, 2014 In the U.S., gun violence kills blacks at twice the rate of ...
www.latimes.com/.../la-sci-sn-gun-violence-death-rate-us...
... gun violence kills blacks at twice the rate ... Rate of fatal gun violence ... gun fatalities were three times more common among blacks compared to whites. ...

Between 2000 and 2010, the rate of firearm-related fatalities in the U.S. was 9.05 per 100,000 people for whites and 18.51 per 100,000 people for blacks. When factoring in the 3.38 deaths per 100,000 people of other races, the country’s overall gun-related death rate was 10.21 per 100,000 Americans, researchers reported Thursday in the journal BMJ Open. That racial discrepancy represents an improvement from the 1990s, the researchers noted: In 1993, gun fatalities were three times more common among blacks compared to whites.

In the US, gun violence kills blacks at twice the rate of whites
gulfnews.com/news/americas/usa/in-the-us-gun-violence...
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In the U.S., gun violence kills blacks at twice...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3205795/posts
Sep 18, 2014 · Gun violence...uh? Guns can’t be violent, people are violent. Blacks kill blacksat twice the rate of whites...

Anti-gun ‘study’ implies racist outcomes from gun ownership ...
www.examiner.com/article/anti-gun-study-implies-racist...
“In the U.S., gun violence kills blacks at twice the rate of whites,” a Thursday headline in The Los Angeles Times “Science Now” section declares. “The risk ...

The racial divide in America’s gun deaths - Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/19/...
... the death rate associated with gun violence ranged ... of gun deaths among white and blackAmericans ... are killed by gun violence are ...

Gun Deaths in U.S. Twice as High Among African...
www.newsweek.com/gun-deaths-us-twice-high-among-african...
... firearm-related fatality rates for African-Americans were twice as high as the reported ratesfor ... data on gun violence as a ... Newsweek, lead researcher ...

U.S. Gun Deaths Lowest in Hawaii, Highest in D.C.
Sep 19, 2014 - Decade-long study also finds firearm death rates twice as high in blackpeople ... s Hawaii's rate was roughly three per 100,000 citizens. ... The national rate of gun deathswas twice as high among black people ... 18 in BMJ Open.

U.S. Gun Deaths Lowest in Hawaii, Highest in D.C.

Decade-long study also finds firearm death rates twice as high in black people compared with whites

http://consumer.healthday.com/public-health-information-30/race-health-news-570/u-s-gun-deaths-lowest-in-hawaii-highest-in-d-c-691865.html

Over the past decade, deaths from gun-related violence -- including murders, suicides and unintentional shootings -- varied widely across the United States, the study revealed. Hawaii's rate was roughly three per 100,000 citizens. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the District of Columbia had the highest rate of gun deaths, with about 22 per 100,000 citizens.