From 2015 to 2021, the number of gun deaths per year has increased by an average of 4.95% per year.
That took us from 37,147 gun deaths in 2015 to 50,666 gun deaths in 2021.
From 2017 through 2019, gun deaths each year remained steady.
In 2020, the number of gun deaths spiked 13.2% from 41,585 in 2019 to 47,075 in 2020.
Then, the number of the number of gun deaths spiked by 7.63% from 47,075 in 2020 to 50,666 in 2021.
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