67
gun deaths in Vermont
<12%
Homicides comprised less than 12% of gun deaths
88%
Suicides comprised the majority of gun deaths
93%
of gun death victims were male
10th
lowest gun death rate in the country in 2019

GUN DEATHS BY INTENT, 2019

In 2019, 67 people in Vermont died by gun violence, an average of more than one person every week. Suicides were 85% of the gun deaths.

Number of deaths

Note: The CDC does not report the number of firearm homicides if there are fewer than 10 deaths in a given year. There were fewer than 10 firearm homicides reported in Vermont in 2019, therefore homicide deaths are collapsed into the other category.

County Variations

Age-adjusted gun death rate per 100,000

  • 6.44 to 9.24
  • 9.25 to 12.05
  • 12.06 to 14.86
  • 14.87 to 17.48
  • Suppressed /
    Unreliable

Among the counties in Vermont, Caledonia County had the highest gun death rate, followed by Orange County and Windham County.

Conversely, Chittenden County had the lowest gun death rate, followed by Addison County and Lamoille County.

FIREARM HOMICIDES

<10
firearm homicides in 2019

Gun Deaths by Intent

11% of gun deaths were homicides from 2015-2019.

Homicide by Method

Nearly 3/5 of homicides were committed with firearms from 2015-2019.

FIREARM SUICIDES

59
firearm suicides in 2019
28th
highest firearm suicide rate in the U.S.

Gun Deaths by Intent

The majority of gun deaths were suicides in 2019.

Suicide by Method

More than half of all 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