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New Hampshire

143 Gun Deaths in New Hampshire

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

14

HOMICIDES

122

SUICIDES

7

OTHER

Key Takeaways

  • The overall gun death rate increased by 10% from 2014 to 2023.  

  • New Hampshire had the 9th  lowest gun death rate in the country in 2023.  

An average of one person killed every three days.

Gun violence costs New Hampshirites $1.5 billion annually.

This amounts to $1,107 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 New Hampshire

2X

Males were twice as likely to die by gun homicide than females from 2019 to 2023. 

48%

Hillsborough and Merrimack County accounted for nearly half (48%) of all gun homicides from 2019 to 2023.  

Firearm Suicide in New Hampshire

6X

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

66%

White males over the age of 34 accounted for nearly 27.2% of the population in New Hampshire but 66% of all gun suicide deaths in 2023.  

43%

43% percent of all gun suicide deaths in 2023 were over the age of 54. 

Guns are used in the majority of suicides.

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. National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and Cost of Injury Modules. 2022

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