Geriatric firearm suicides increased continuously from 2018 to 2024, a recent study found.
The report, published Nov. 2 in Cureus, analyzed CDC WONDER mortality data between 2018 and 2024 to find trends in firearm suicide and homicide deaths across demographic groups and urban and rural areas.
Researchers found that geriatric firearm suicides rose from 6,327 in 2018 to 7,440 in 2024, a 17.6% increase.
Across all ages, firearm suicide deaths rose 1.8% a year, driven largely by increases among white people. In rural areas, firearm suicides outnumbered firearm homicides by more than 3.5 to 1, the study found.
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