GUN DEATHS BY INTENT, 2019
Nearly 400 people in Utah died by gun violence in 2019, an average of one person every day. Suicides were 84% of the gun deaths and homicides were 13%.
TRENDS OVER TIME
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000
County Variations
Age-adjusted gun death rate per 100,000
- 7.51 to 13.21
- 13.22 to 18.92
- 18.93 to 24.63
- 24.64 to 30.37
- Suppressed /
Unreliable

Among the counties in Utah, Sevier County had the highest gun death rate, followed by Carbon County and Emery County.

Conversely, Cache County had the lowest gun death rate, followed by Summit County and Davis 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 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