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.
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.
TRENDS OVER TIME
After four years of steadily increasing, the overall gun death rate and firearm suicide rate decreased from 2018 to 2019. The overall gun death rate decreased by 27% and the firearm suicide rate decreased by 25%.
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000
Note: The CDC considers firearm homicide rates based on fewer than 20 deaths “statistically unreliable.” There were fewer than 20 firearm homicides reported in Vermont from 2010-2019, therefore these data points are omitted from the graph above.
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
Gun Deaths by Intent
Homicide by Method
FIREARM SUICIDES
Gun Deaths by Intent
Suicide by Method
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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