How many people died from being shot last year?

[Mynx]

I've been looking at the internet for ages but can't find any good website with some statistics.

I was wondering how many people were killed in the US by guns compared to how many in the UK or maybe Australia too.

If anyone knows of any info on this or websites with this information I would be very grateful.

Thanks!

[jake-the-peg]

2002-2003 81 in the UK

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1442617,00.html

alarmingly though there were over 2,000 minor injuries from airguns

30,242 in 2002 in the US

http://www.ichv.org/Statistics.htm

I think that's about one every 20 minutes

[Octavius]

Brazil has the second highest rate of gun deaths in the world. Nearly 39,000 people are killed with guns each year in Brazil. Gunshot wounds kill more than 107 Brazilians every day, more than traffic accidents and fewer only than heart and brain disorders.

According to UNESCO, Brazil ranks second worldwide in deaths by guns, with 21.72 per 100,000 people a year. Venezuela has 34.3 gun deaths per 100,000.

But in shantytowns like Rio's Vila do Joao, the rate rises to around 150 per 100,000. And for shantytown males between ages 17 and 24, the death rate is closer to 250 per 100,000