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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 Barbuda20229 
Argentina20221,049 
Bahamas2022117 
Barbados202233 
Belize202291 
Bolivia202247 
Brazil202034,003 
Canada2022342 
Chile2022713 
Colombia20229,453 
Costa Rica2022472 
Dominica202211 
Dominican Republic2022755 
Ecuador20224,062 
El Salvador2022303 
Grenada20220 
Guatemala2022735 
Guyana202214 
Haiti------ 
Honduras20222,788 
Jamaica20221,264 
Mexico202222,315 
Nicaragua------ 
Panama2022387 
Paraguay2022294 
Peru20211,272 
Saint Kitts and Nevis20224 
Saint Lucia202255 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202228 
Suriname202221 
Trinidad and Tobago2021381 
United States202217,387 
Uruguay2022233 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean20201,396 
03. Central America20215,816 
04. North America202124,798 
05. South America202012,164 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).