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1.5 Intentional Homicide | By mechanism
1.5.1.1x Victims of intentional homicide attacked with firearm (rate)
RATE of victims of intentional homicide attacked with firearm, at the national level. RATES are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants, dividing the number of reported victims of intentional homicide attacked with firearm by the total population; result is then multiplied by 100,000. Some countries with less than 100,000 inhabitants have their rates presented for comparison purpose. “Attack with FIREARM" includes handgun discharge, rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge, as well as other, and unspecified firearm discharge, according to the causes of death by assault by firearm discharge of the World Health Organization (WHO). [Sources: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. WHO, 10th Revision (ICD-10), Chapter XX, codes X93, X94, X95. Web: http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2016/en#/X85-Y09 Population data are from the: 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Web: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/ Data on victims of intentional homicide attacked with firearm are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]

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Antigua and Barbuda20214.30 
Argentina20212.42 
Bahamas202125.49 
Barbados20216.05 
Belize202122.75 
Bolivia20210.32 
Brazil202015.95 
Canada20210.78 
Chile20211.86 
Colombia202118.25 
Costa Rica20218.30 
Dominica20211.39 
Dominican Republic20216.12 
Ecuador202110.25 
El Salvador202112.15 
Grenada20210.00 
Guatemala20203.55 
Guyana20212.98 
Haiti------ 
Honduras202128.72 
Jamaica202144.20 
Mexico202119.33 
Nicaragua20193.29 
Panama202110.23 
Paraguay20214.80 
Peru20202.94 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202125.53 
Saint Lucia202126.11 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202120.19 
Suriname20212.61 
Trinidad and Tobago202020.55 
United States20215.53 
Uruguay20215.34 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas201211.68 
02. Caribbean20207.41 
03. Central America20209.11 
04. North America20207.94 
05. South America20202.84 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).