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Roughly 71% of Colorado’s 1,012 firearm deaths in 2023 were the result of suicides, up 4 percentage points from a year earlier, state health data shows.
Colorado reported 1,290 suicides in 2023. Guns were used in 717 of those, or 56%.
Between 2009 and 2018, 77% of gun deaths in Colorado were from suicide, while 19% were the result of homicides, according to States United to Prevent Gun Violence. The remaining deaths were accidental, undetermined or involved deadly force by police.
Suicide is the eighth-leading cause of death in Colorado. The state has the 10th-highest firearm suicide rate in the United States.
Among Coloradans who die by suicide, men are nearly twice as likely as women to use a gun, 57% to 31%, according to a 2021 state analysis.
Guns are also involved in most homicides in Colorado, including in 2022, when they accounted for 73% of homicides, state data shows.
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