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Even if deaths are a full measure of cost (and they are not), one should also consider the benefits. Per death, does society benefit more from cars or guns? What are the implications for public health in these two areas?
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Chart of the day: U.S. gun and traffic deaths over time
December 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm
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by Floccina on December 19th, 2012 at 09:55
Because homicide has been falling I am guessing that the rise in firearms deaths is due to suicide. Does anyone have the numbers on that?
by Austin Frakt on December 19th, 2012 at 12:43
Try the CDC. Just a guess.
by Floccina on December 20th, 2012 at 15:26
After some searching between work I found it:
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8
Homicide with a firearm is falling.
by Randy Ellis on December 20th, 2012 at 15:12
Although not a statistical statement, there is a noticeable association between when the 1994-2004 assault weapon ban was in place and the observed decline in gun-related deaths. That ban also contained other provisions that will have affected availability of guns.
A decline of more than six thousand deaths per year appears to be associated with that legislation over the ten years before it expired.
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http://blogs.bu.edu/ellisrp/files/2012/12/Gundeaths.pdf