Hello Alabama9 and thank you for your question.
I assembled a list of links to statistics related to firearms causing
deaths in the U.S. versus other countries.
The Coalition for Gun Control has the most recent statistics for Gun
rate Death available.
Country Gun Death Rate per 100,000
Japan 0.07
Singapore 0.24
Taiwan 0.27
Kuwait 0.37
England/ Wales 0.4
Scotland 0.49
Netherlands 0.55
Spain 0.74
Ireland 1.24
Germany 1.44
Italy 2.27
Sweden 2.27
Denmark 2.48
Israel 2.56
New Zealand 2.67
Australia 2.94
Belgium 3.32
Canada 3.95
Norway 4.23
Austria 4.48
Northern Ireland 4.72
France 5.48
Switzerland 6.2
Finland 6.65
USA 13.47
Source: W. Cukier, Firearms Regulation: Canada in the International
Context, Chronic Diseases in Canada, April, 1998 (statistics updated
to reflect most recent figures, January 2001)
http://www.guncontrol.ca/Content/International.html
HELP Network - October 10, 2002
Gun deaths and injuries remain a substantial problem in the US. In
2000, there were 28,663 gun related deaths; the majority (58%) were
suicides and 38% were homicides.
Help Network: Press Release
http://www.helpnetwork.org/frames/press.release.10.11.02.pdf
In comparing the rate of death by handguns in eight industrialized
countries, the United States stands out with a rate of death by
handguns that is much higher than the rate of other countries. The
United States is also the only country of the eight to retain use of
the death penalty. In most foreign countries, gun control laws are
more restrictive and gun owners are assigned more responsibility.
(Washington Post, 4/4/98)
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/deter.html
U.S. Leads Richest Nations in Gun Deaths by CHELSEA J. CARTER
The United States has by far the highest rate of gun deaths --
murders, suicides and accidents -- among the world's 36 richest
nations, a government study found.
Here are gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the world's 36
richest countries in 1994:
United States 14.24; Brazil 12.95; Mexico 12.69; Estonia 12.26;
Argentina 8.93; Northern Ireland 6.63; Finland 6.46; Switzerland 5.31;
France 5.15; Canada 4.31; Norway 3.82; Austria 3.70; Portugal 3.20;
Israel 2.91; Belgium 2.90; Australia 2.65; Slovenia 2.60; Italy 2.44;
New Zealand 2.38; Denmark 2.09; Sweden 1.92; Kuwait 1.84; Greece 1.29;
Germany 1.24; Hungary 1.11; Republic of Ireland 0.97; Spain 0.78;
Netherlands 0.70; Scotland 0.54; England and Wales 0.41; Taiwan 0.37;
Singapore 0.21; Mauritius 0.19; Hong Kong 0.14; South Korea 0.12;
Japan 0.05.
http://www.guncite.com/cnngunde.html
U.S. Department of Justice
Firearm Injury and Death from Crime, 1993-97
Reports on the incidence of fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries that
result from crime. Most of the data presented are from the FBIs
Supplementary Homicide Reports and Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's Vital Statistics and the Firearms Injury Surveillance
Study which collects data on injuries treated in hospital emergency
departments. This BJS Report includes descriptions of victim
characteristics and circumstances surrounding the crimes. Data about
the number of law enforcement officers injured or killed by firearms
are also included.
You may download the report at this direct link:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/fidc9397.pdf
Factsheet: Firearm Injury and Death in the United States
http://www.jhsph.edu/gunpolicy/US_factsheet.pdf
More statistics are available at the Violence Policy Center.
http://www.vpc.org/studies/wher2non.htm
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