America's insane rate of gun homicide in perspective

US President Barack Obama spoke out about the country's gun laws once again last week, mere hours before a gunman killed two people at a Louisiana cinema. When it comes to homicides by firearm per 1 million in developed countries, nowhere comes close to matching the US. Statista's latest infographic feature in the Independent was inspired by this interesting data compiled by Vox.

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This chart shows homicides by firearms per 1 million people in selected developed countries in 2012.

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Male death rate for homicide in the U.S. 1950-2015 by ethnicity+
Male death rate for homicide in the U.S. 1950-2015 by ethnicity
Predicted health-related changes by banning guns in the U.S. 2015
Predicted health-related changes by banning guns in the U.S. 2015
Death rate for homicide in the U.S. 1950-2015
Death rate for homicide in the U.S. 1950-2015
Death rate for homicide in the U.S. 1950-2015, by gender+
Death rate for homicide in the U.S. 1950-2015, by gender
Death rate from homicide in the U.S. 2014-2015 by age+
Death rate from homicide in the U.S. 2014-2015 by age
Homicide by firearm rate in the U.S. 2006-2015
Homicide by firearm rate in the U.S. 2006-2015

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