America's gun death total outranks every country but Brazil

Guns at NRA convention.
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America saw 37,200 firearm-related deaths in 2016. That's the second highest total of any country in the world.

The count puts America right behind Brazil when it comes to gun deaths — and far ahead of most of the world's most populous countries, a study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reveals. It also means that for every 100,000 people in the U.S., 10.6 died by homicide, suicide, or an accident involving a firearm in 2016.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.