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1.5 Intentional Homicide | By mechanism
1.5.1 Victims of intentional homicide attacked with firearms or explosives
Total of victims of intentional homicide attacked with firearms or explosives, at the national level.
“ATTACK WITH FIREARMS" 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. World Health Organization (WHO), 10th Revision (ICD-10), Chapter XX, codes: Handgun discharge (X93), Rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge (X94), Other unspecified firearm discharge (X95), and Explosive material (X96). Web: http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2016/en#/X85-Y09.
Data on victims of intentional homicide attacked with firearms or explosives 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 Barbuda20203 
Argentina20201,209 
Bahamas202058 
Barbados202026 
Belize202079 
Bolivia202024 
Brazil------ 
Canada2020277 
Chile2020460 
Colombia20208,484 
Costa Rica2020405 
Dominica20207 
Dominican Republic2020485 
Ecuador2020807 
El Salvador2020926 
Grenada20202 
Guatemala2020617 
Guyana202027 
Haiti------ 
Honduras20202,739 
Jamaica20201,117 
Mexico202025,639 
Nicaragua------ 
Panama2020402 
Paraguay2020288 
Peru2020677 
Saint Kitts and Nevis20206 
Saint Lucia202040 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202018 
Suriname202013 
Trinidad and Tobago------ 
United States202013,624 
Uruguay2020215 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean20201,396 
03. Central America20205,574 
04. North America202039,540 
05. South America202012,164 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).