 Suicides and homicides were more common among American men, and more of those deaths involved guns in 2021. A CDC study into the causes of violent deaths found that out of the 75,000 in the U.S. that year, almost 60% involved a gun. The numbers also showed that suicides most frequently followed physical or mental health problems, along with bad news or interpersonal conflicts. Homicides were linked most often to intimate partner violence, but also occur with archetypal