Number of guns death in the USA: 33,636 in 2014. shootspeeders loses again.
The Americas have by far the worst gun problem in the world, with the weapons used in 66% of homicides. That compares with 13% to 28% in other regions, according to
a 2013 United Nations report.
The region, which includes North America, South America, and the Caribbean islands, also has the world's highest murder rate, at 16.3 per 100,000 people. The global average is 6.2 per 100,000, according to the report.
The Americas' extreme gun problem, in one chart
Citation Alpers, Philip, Amélie Rossetti and Daniel Salinas. 2015. Guns in the United States: Total Number of Gun Deaths.Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney. GunPolicy.org, 23 November.Accessed 3 December 2015. at: United States – Total Number of Gun Deaths