Researchers have found that 72 percent of all Wisconsin gun deaths are suicides. The rate was the higher for white men, 45 or older, who live in the state’s rural areas. Mental health experts say the access people have to guns makes the report compiled for the Wisconsin Medical Society unsurprising. Researchers compiled statistics from 2000 to 2014. The challenge is to slow down what one public health expert calls “impulsive behavior.” Nationally, an estimated 60 percent of all firearm deaths are the result of suicide.
Study: 72% Of Wisconsin Gun Deaths Are Suicides
Dec 29, 2017 | 8:33 PM
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