How big a problem are gun suicides?

In 2016, Missouri ranked among the top 15 states for rate of gun suicide, with about 10 per 100,000 in 2016. That rate has increased by about 3 per 100,000 over the last decade.

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More than half of people who die by suicide in Missouri use a gun

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Rates of suicide by gun are higher in non-metro areas

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Notes

Rates are per 100,000 people, age-adjusted, between 2006 and 2016

Source: CDC WISQARS database

Credit: Brent Jones | St. Louis Public Radio