Our city data dashboard is a unique dataset comparing cities across more than 120 living conditions and health factors that shape residents’ lives, from smoking rates, to sexually transmitted diseases, to chronic diseases, to housing status.
Over the past decade, nearly 67,000 gun deaths occurred in BCHC cities.
About 22 gun deaths occur each day. Two-thirds of these deaths were homicides, and nearly a third were suicides.
Learn more about how these data break down by race and ethnicity, city, and age.
The most recent city-level data show that the alarming increases in drug overdose deaths from 2020 and 2021 have slowed and may be reversing. Big city health departments need stronger support to continue this positive trend by saving lives, addressing racial inequities, and bolstering our communities’ overall well-being and resilience.
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