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Young People Represent the Majority of Deaths by Firearms - Homicide & Suicide

Son jóvenes la mayoría de los muertos con armas de fuego

Los Andes (Argentina)

31 August 2011

By Ignacio de la Rosa

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…La Asociación para Políticas Públicas (APP), a través de su documento "Desarmate", difundió un informe sobre el número de muertes en Mendoza a causa de disparos en el lapso comprendido entre 1997 y 2009…

En el desarrollo se diferencian los casos de suicidio y de homicidios a nivel nacional, pero siempre hechos en los que hubo un arma de fuego en el medio.

"Entre 1997 y 2009 se produjeron 40.318 homicidios y 37.170 suicidios en la Argentina, de los cuales el 68,8% (27.745 casos) y el 30,5% (11.319), respectivamente, fueron cometidos con armas de fuego, los que sumados a 2.500 accidentes fatales, hacen 41.564 muertes con dichas armas de 1997 a 2009"…

Tanto en lo que se refiere a homicidios como a suicidios, según las cifras de esos doce años, la mayoría de las víctimas estaba concentrada en la franja etárea contemplada entre los 15 y los 29 años…

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Translated content:

…The Association for Public Policy (APP), through its documentary "Desarmate," released a report on the number of deaths by gunshot in Mendoza between 1997 and 2009…

In the report, they make the distinction between suicides and homicides at the national level and only refer to those involving firearms.

'Between 1997 and 2009, 40,318 homicides and 37,170 suicides occured in Argentina, of which 68.8% (27,745 cases) and 30.5% (11,319) respectively, were committed with firearms. Added to the 2,500 fatal accidents, this makes a total of 41,564 deaths resulting from firearms between 1997 and 2009…

Both in terms of homicides and suicides, according to the figures from those twelve years, most of the victims were between 15 and 29 years old…

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