Sunday 16 December 2012

Violence in the US

Is the US more violent than other developed countries? Here are assault deaths per 100,000 in the US (blue) and in other OECD countries excluding Estonia and Mexico (red) from 1960 through 2010 ...
(To enlarge the chart, click on it. To return, click outside the enlarged chart.)

On the whole, US violence is comparable to that in 16th and 17th century Europe. What parts of the US are most violent? From 1998 through 2010, the South, by a longshot ...

How do US regions compare with those OECD countries?
http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/assault-deaths-oecd-vs-us-regions.png

How about the "race" of the victim?
http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/assault-deaths-us-ts-race.png

What's the relationship with wealth and poverty? Not so strong ...

Do states that control gun ownership have less gun violence? On the whole yes ...

What are the biggest positive correlates of high gun death rates in US states? McCain's vote share in 2008, high poverty rates, a big working class, guns allowed in high schools ...

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/richard_florida/Gun%20ViolenceEDIT.jpg

What are the biggest negative correlates? The proportion of college graduates, Obama's vote share in 2008, and gun control legislation.



1 comment:

  1. There are an estimated 300 million guns in the USA, in a population of 330 million. Granted, some of these are owned by collectors, who might have a dozen or more, so it would be unfair to conclude that almost every man, woman and child owns a gun. Some children, I would guess, do not. I searched for but was unable to come up with an answer regarding the youngest person in the USA to legally own a gun.

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