403
gun deaths in Kansas, including
43
children and teens
(ages 0-19)
25%
Homicides comprise 1/4 of gun deaths
72%
Suicides comprised nearly 3/4 of gun deaths
88%
of gun death victims were male
22nd
highest gun death rate in the country in 2019

GUN DEATHS BY INTENT, 2019

More than 400 Kansans died by gun violence in 2019, an average of one person every day. Suicides were 72% of the gun deaths and homicides were 25%.

Number of deaths

County Variations

Age-adjusted gun death rate per 100,000

  • 7.72 to 12.92
  • 12.93 to 18.13
  • 18.14 to 23.34
  • 23.35 to 28.36
  • Suppressed /
    Unreliable

Among the counties in Kansas, Wilson County had the highest gun death rate, followed by Wyandotte County and Barton County.

Conversely, Riley County had the lowest gun death rate, followed by Douglas County and Franklin County.

FIREARM HOMICIDES

99
firearm homicides in 2019, including
20
children and teens
28th
highest firearm homicide rate in the U.S.

Gun Deaths by Intent

1/4 of gun deaths were homicides in 2019.

Homicide by Method

Nearly 3/4 of homicides were committed with firearms in 2019.

FIREARM SUICIDES

291
firearm suicides in 2019, including
22
children and teens
22nd
highest firearm suicide rate in the U.S.

Gun Deaths by Intent

Nearly 3/4 of gun deaths were suicides in 2019.

Suicide by Method

More than half of all suicides were by firearm in 2019.

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Additional Information

Notes

  • All rates listed are age-adjusted in order to allow for accurate comparisons between populations with different age distributions.
  • All data is from 2019, the most recent year of data available, unless otherwise indicated.
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. WONDER Online Database, 1999-2019. Available: http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html.

Last updated March 2021