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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 
Argentina20231,185 
Bahamas2022117 
Barbados202314 
Belize202291 
Bolivia20237 
Brazil202221,032 
Canada2023289 
Chile2023653 
Colombia20239,340 
Costa Rica2023727 
Dominica202310 
Dominican Republic2023735 
Ecuador20237,108 
El Salvador2022303 
Grenada20237 
Guatemala2023799 
Guyana202325 
Haiti------ 
Honduras20232,464 
Jamaica20231,189 
Mexico202322,368 
Nicaragua------ 
Panama2023446 
Paraguay2023253 
Peru20211,272 
Saint Kitts and Nevis202327 
Saint Lucia202356 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202343 
Suriname202314 
Trinidad and Tobago2021381 
United States202315,280 
Uruguay2023240 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas------ 
02. Caribbean20231,393 
03. Central America20235,171 
04. North America202337,937 
05. South America202331,066 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).