steve66613 wrote:
So, all of the other countries, which are compared to the U.S., are devoutly religious(?) Therefore, they have less mass murders(?)
Just asking for a friend.
El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela have the highest homicide rates in the world.
At 52 homicides per 100,000 people, El Salvador leads the pack.
At 4.9 homicides per 100,000 people, the United States is lower than 75 other countries.
Mass Shootings: A Global ConcernAlthough events in the U.S. tend to get the lion's share of media exposure, mass shootings are clearly a worldwide issue. The following is an alphabetized list of just some of the developed countries other than the United States that have experienced mass shootings in the past few decades: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Russia, Serbia, Spain, and Switzerland.
Does the United States have more mass shootings than other countries? It depends on the data.
Exactly how mass shootings in the U.S. compare to those in other countries is a highly disputed subject. In a widely publicized study originally released in 2015, the pro-gun nonprofit Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) compared the annual number of mass shooting deaths per million people in the U.S. to that of Canada and several European countries from 2009 to 2015. The result? Norway led the world with 1.88 deaths per million, followed by Serbia, France, and Macedonia. Where did the U.S. rank? 11th place.
Average (Mean) Annual Death Rate per Million People from Mass Public Shootings (U.S., Canada, and Europe, 2009-2015):
Norway — 1.888
Serbia — 0.381
France — 0.347
Macedonia — 0.337
Albania — 0.206
Slovakia — 0.185
Switzerland — 0.142
Finland — 0.132
Belgium — 0.128
Czech Republic — 0.123
United States — 0.089
Austria — 0.068
Netherlands — 0.051
Canada — 0.032
England — 0.027
Germany — 0.023
Russia — 0.012
Italy — 0.009
In addition, a 2018 CRPC study ranked the U.S. at number sixty-four in the world in terms of mass shooting rates per capita.
From 1982 to 2022 - 40 years - the total number of people killed in US mass shootings is 1,363.
(Includes school shootings)
That is an average of 34 victims per year.
In one year, from April, 2020 to April, 2021, 100,306 Americans died of drug overdose.
7100 of these deaths occurred in the 15 to 24 year age group.
Stretch that over 40 years and you have 4 million deaths,
284,000 of them in the youngest age group.
42,000 people died on US highways last year.
45,000 people committed suicide last year.
Youth and young adults ages 10-24 years account for 14% of all suicides.
14% of 45,000 is 6300.