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Comparison of deaths and ownership by state
This is the data that was employed for the comparison of gun ownership to the number of homicides and gun-related deaths. this blog post. The analysis includes five graphs and one data set.
source directory: comparison-of-deaths-and-ownership-by-state
State level background checks, homicides, gun-related deaths and gun-related homicides [1999 - 2009]
Federal Bureau of Investigations Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics Database (http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/)
Center for Disease Control, WONDER database: http://wonder.cdc.gov/
YEAR: Reporting year
STATE: State Name
POPULATION: Population of the state for the reporting year
TOTAL HOMICIDES: Homicide counts for that state/reporting year
TOTAL CHECKS: Number of background checks performed for that state/reporting year
BACKGROUND CHECK RATE: Number of background checks performed per 100,000 people for that state/reporting year
HOMICIDE RATE: Number of homicides that occurred per 100,000 people for that state/reporting year
F-HOMICIDE RATE: Number of firearm-related homicides that occurred per 100,000 people for that state/reporting year
FIREARM DEATH RATE: Number of firearm-related deaths that occurred per 100,000 people for that state/reporting year