The report shows that New York City currently sports a firearm death rate of 4.3 per 100,000 people. Still, it cautions that:
“While the past two decades have shown dramatic declines in firearm injuries in New York City, firearms persist as a leading cause of premature death among young men of color.”
In contrast, the national average firearm death rate sits at about 10 per 100,000 people. The death rate for self-inflicted firearm deaths is also significantly lower for New York City, at .7 deaths per 100,000 versus the national average of 6.1.