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Hawaii

The latest Hawaii annual gun death data.

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73 Gun Deaths in Hawaii

Based on most recent available finalized data from CDC (2023).

20

HOMICIDES

50

SUICIDES

3

OTHER

Key Takeaways

  • While Hawaii had the 4th lowest gun death rate in the country in 2023, the state’s overall gun gun death rate increased by 81% from 2014 to 2023.  

  • Sixty-five percent of gun homicides occurred in Honolulu County in 2023.  

An average of one person killed every 5 days.

Gun violence costs Hawaiians $733.2 million annually.

This amounts to $509 per person.

Gun homicide rate data is suppressed by the CDC or unreliable for years without a data point on the graph.

Firearm Homicide in Hawaii

50%

Half (50%) of all gun homicides in 2023 were young people ages 15 to 34. 

Firearm Suicide in Hawaii

9X

Males were nine times as likely to die by gun suicide than females from 2019 to 2023.

40%

White males over the age of 34 accounted for 7.5% of the population in Hawaii but 40% of all gun suicide deaths in 2023. 

50%

Half (50%) of all gun suicide deaths in 2023 were over the age of 54.  

Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death. Age-adjusted Gun Deaths and Rates per 100,000. WONDER Online Database, 1999-2023; & WISQARS. Cost of Injury Modules. 2022 

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