209
gun deaths in Montana, including
17
children and teens
(ages 0-19)
11%
Homicides comprised 11% of gun deaths
82%
Suicides comprised the majority of gun deaths
81%
of gun death victims were male
10th
highest gun death rate in the country in 2019

GUN DEATHS BY INTENT, 2019

Over 200 Montanans died by gun violence in 2019, an average of four people every week. Suicides were 82% of the gun deaths and homicides were 11%.

Number of deaths

County Variations

Age-adjusted gun death rate per 100,000

  • 14.14 to 20.44
  • 20.45 to 26.75
  • 26.76 to 33.06
  • 33.07 to 39.14
  • Suppressed /
    Unreliable

Among the counties in Montana, Deer Lodge County had the highest gun death rate, followed by Lincoln County and Carbon County.

Conversely, Gallatin County had the lowest gun death rate, followed by Cascade County and Missoula County.

FIREARM HOMICIDES

24
firearm homicides in 2019
11th
lowest firearm homicide rate in the U.S.

Gun Deaths by Intent

11% of gun deaths were homicides in 2019.

Homicide by Method

3/5 of homicides were committed with firearms in 2019.

FIREARM SUICIDES

172
firearm suicides in 2019, including
14
children and teens
3rd
highest firearm suicide rate in the U.S.

Gun Deaths by Intent

The majority of gun deaths were suicides in 2019.

Suicide by Method

3/5 of suicides were by firearm in 2019.

Resources

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