By Ronnie Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fewer Americans are being shot and killed in homicides, but more are using guns to commit suicide, new research shows. Gunfire continues to kill a widely disproportionate number of young African-American men. The research, published in the Annual Review of Public Health, found that in 2012, 89 of every 100,000 black men ages 20 to 24 died from firearm homicide, compared to 4 of every 100,000 white men of the same age. That same year - 2012 - 64 percent of firearm deaths were suicides, up from 57 percent in 2006, according to the report. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..
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