GUN FACTS
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Gun Deaths in Connecticut Compared to Other Countries
How does Connecticut Rank?
Compared
with other states and Washington DC, Connecticut ranks 45 of 51. That
means 44 states have higher rates of gun death per 100,000 of population.
Sounds good, doesn't it? But take a look at how the United States
and Connecticut compares with eleven other industrialized and high-income
countries (ranked from highest to lowest based on overall gun death
rate per 100,000 of population).
Lois A. Fingerhut, et al., " International Comperative Analysis of Injury Mortality," Advance data from Vital and Health Statistics 303, (October 7, 1998): 1-20 Connecticut Violent Injury Statistics System, 2001, 2003; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web-based Injury Statisticsw Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [Online]. (2001). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (producer). Available from:URL:www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars.04/16/03Note: the chart contains 2000 data for both the United States and Connecticut to reflect the decrease in gun deaths from 1998 to 2000
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