# Firearm death rate in Virginia

Firearm death rate in Virginia was 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2024. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

- Indicator id: `firearm_death_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-51`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Deaths from firearm injuries of any intent (suicide, homicide, unintentional, legal intervention or undetermined) per 100,000 residents, age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Deaths are counted by the state of residence. NCHS National Vital Statistics System final death data.
- Note: Available for US states and DC. Age adjustment allows states with older or younger populations to be compared; the rate is not the number of deaths divided by the population.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS Stats of the States: firearm mortality by state, age-adjusted death rate (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/firearms.html)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain US government data; attribution, free-availability notice and non-endorsement disclaimer required; substantive content unchanged
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NCHS Stats of the States: firearm mortality by state, age-adjusted death rate. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/firearms.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/firearm-death-rate/virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=firearm_death_rate&place=us-state-51

| Period | per 100,000 people |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 13.8 |
| 2022 | 14.9 |
| 2021 | 14.3 |
| 2020 | 13.4 |
| 2019 | 11.7 |
| 2018 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 11.9 |
| 2016 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | 10.9 |
| 2014 | 10.3 |
| 2005 | 11.5 |