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SOURCE with Global Charts: www.npr.org...
Take countries with the top indicators of socioeconomic success — income per person and average education level, for instance. The United States ranks ninth in the world among them, bested only by the likes of Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Iceland, Andorra, Canada and Finland.
Those countries all also enjoy low rates of gun violence, but the U.S. has the 31st highest rate in the world: 3.85 deaths due to gun violence per 100,000 people in 2016. That was eight times higher than the rate in Canada, which had .48 deaths per 100,000 people — and 27 times higher than the one in Denmark, which had .14 deaths per 100,000.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: carewemust
Did you even read the website, it in no way paints the U. S in a good way, if anything drives home just how bad it really is.
Low levels of gun violence, seem to correlate with economic prosperity:
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: carewemust
Did you even read the website, it in no way paints the U. S in a good way, if anything drives home just how bad it really is.
Low levels of gun violence, seem to correlate with economic prosperity:
One more way to consider this data: The IHME also estimates what it would expect a country's rate of gun violence deaths to be based solely on its socioeconomic status. By that measure, the U.S. should only be seeing .79 deaths per 100,000 people — almost five times less than its actual rate of 3.85 deaths per 100,000.
Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With Other Countries
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Gothmog
Liberals don't dispute that American's are prone to committing, and also being on the receiving end of gun violence. Especially in the cities.
originally posted by: aethertek
So what's the wildcard?
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