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Vermont

83 Gun Deaths in Vermont

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

14

HOMICIDES

68

SUICIDES

1

OTHER

Key Takeaways

  • The overall gun death rate increased by 17% from 2014 to 2023.  

  • Vermont had the 15th  lowest gun death rate in the country in 2023.  

An average of one person killed every four days.

Gun violence costs Vermonters $794 million per year.

This amounts to $1,227 per person.

Firearm Suicide in Vermont

10X

Males were 10 times as likely to die by gun suicide than females from 2019 to 2023.  

71%

White males over the age of 34 accounted for nearly 28% of the population in Vermont but 71% of all gun suicide deaths in 2023.  

50%

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

Guns are used in the majority of homicides & 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. Cost of Injury Modules. 2022 

 

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