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Cities with the Highest Rates of Total Gun-Related Deaths
(per 100,000 people)
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Rank[/TD]
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City[/TD]
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City Rate[/TD]
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Metro Rate[/TD]
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City/Metro
Ratio[/TD]
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[TD] 1[/TD]
[TD] New Orleans[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 69.1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 32.8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.1[/TD]
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[TD] 2[/TD]
[TD] Detroit[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 41.4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 14.8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.8[/TD]
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[TD] 3[/TD]
[TD] Las Vegas[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 36.9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 17.6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.1[/TD]
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[TD] 4[/TD]
[TD] Miami[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 33.5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 11.7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.9[/TD]
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[TD] 5[/TD]
[TD] Baltimore[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 33.1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 15.2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.2[/TD]
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[TD] 6[/TD]
[TD] St. Louis[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 31.1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 14.0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.2[/TD]
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[TD] 7[/TD]
[TD] Richmond[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 29.9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 15.7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 1.9[/TD]
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[TD] 8[/TD]
[TD] Memphis[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 25.5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 19.8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 1.3[/TD]
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[TD] 9[/TD]
[TD] Cleveland[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 25.2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 10.9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.3[/TD]
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[TD] 10[/TD]
[TD] Philadelphia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 24.3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 12.4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"] 2.0[/TD]
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Table data from Centers for Disease Control [PDF]
It's clear to see that gun politics plays little role in gun violence. But people will not question things that they would like to believe and they propagate these lies to fit their self indulged world view.