What percentage of guns wounds are fatal?

Answer 1

It sort of depends on the context of your inquiry, however, here is something I found recently. According to a Harvard study (link provided below) about 65,000 people each year suffer gunshot wounds, but only about 30,000 die. So the answer in that context is, about 46 percent. However, that includes all gunshot wounds, not separated by whether it was an accident or an intentional crime, and about half of the 30,000 are intentional suicides. So some of the deaths may possibly be discounted, or maybe not, depending on what exactly you wanted to know. Discounting suicides, the rate then actually drops to 15,000 in 50,000, or 30%.

http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/09.28/firearms.html

Answer 2

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It sort of depends on the context of your inquiry, however, here is something I found recently. According to a Harvard study (link provided in the related links below) about 65,000 people each year suffer gunshot wounds, but only about 30,000 die. So the answer in that context is, about 46 percent. However, that includes all gunshot wounds, not separated by whether it was an accident or an intentional crime, and about half of the 30,000 are intentional suicides. So some of the deaths may possibly be discounted, or maybe not, depending on what exactly you wanted to know. Discounting suicides, the rate then actually drops to 15,000 in 50,000, or 30%.

Answer 3

According to statistics taken in 2010, 68 percent of homicides are gun related. 62 percent of deaths from suicide are gun related and 31 percent are unintentional or accidental.