GUN DEATHS BY INTENT, 2018
More than 400 New Mexicans died by gun violence in 2018, an average of one person every day. Suicides were 64% of the gun deaths and homicides were 31%.
TRENDS OVER TIME
Over the last 10 years (2009-2018), the overall gun death rate in New Mexico increased 43%. Increases in both homicide and suicide rates contributed to the overall change over the course of the decade; in that time period, the firearm homicide rate increased 51% and the firearm suicide rate increased 39%.
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000
County Variations
Age-adjusted gun death rate per 100,000
- 10.85 to 18.75
- 18.76 to 26.66
- 26.67 to 34.57
- 34.58 to 42.35
- Suppressed /
Unreliable

Among the counties in New Mexico, Catron County had the highest gun death rate, followed by Grant County and Sierra County.

Conversely, McKinley County had the lowest gun death rate, followed by Dona Ana County and Sandoval County.
FIREARM HOMICIDES
Gun Deaths by Intent
Homicide by Method
FIREARM SUICIDES
Gun Deaths by Intent
Suicide by Method
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 2018, 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, 1999-2018. Available: http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html.
Last updated September 2020