Firearm Suicide Proxy for Household Gun Ownership, 1949-2023 (doi:10.7910/DVN/QVYDUD)

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Firearm Suicide Proxy for Household Gun Ownership, 1949-2023

doi:10.7910/DVN/QVYDUD

Harvard Dataverse

2023-05-18

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Kang, Megan; Daugherty, Kate, 2023, "Firearm Suicide Proxy for Household Gun Ownership, 1949-2023", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QVYDUD, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:6:OsnqnRT5SKA7R6kY395ZLw== [fileUNF]

Firearm Suicide Proxy for Household Gun Ownership, 1949-2023

FSS proxy for household gun ownership by state

doi:10.7910/DVN/QVYDUD

Kang, Megan (Princeton University)

Daugherty, Kate (https://ror.org/024mw5h28)

2025-06-10

Harvard Dataverse

Kang, Megan

Kang, Megan

2025-06-10

2025-06-10

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QVYDUD

Law, Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Social Sciences, firearm suicide, household gun ownership, firearm homicide

State-level firearm suicide proxy (FSS) for household gun ownership 1949-2023. Unlike most gun prevalence measures that are representative at the national or regional level, this proxy represents household gun ownership trends at the state level and is not reliant on self-reported data that are prone to social desirability bias. This extended proxy represents the longest-ranging dataset of state-level gun ownership rates to date. This dataset also includes historic data on firearm homicide and homicide counts and rates per 100,000 residents.

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Kang, M. S., & Rasich, E. A. (2023). Extending the Firearm Suicide Proxy for Household Gun Ownership. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.05.003

Kang, M. S., & Rasich, E. A. (2023). Extending the Firearm Suicide Proxy for Household Gun Ownership. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

• Number of cases: 3804

• No. of variables per record: 14

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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• Number of cases: 75

• No. of variables per record: 11

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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• year - year
• state - state
• division - division
• total_population - total_population
• fss - fss
• homicide_rate - homicide_rate
• firearm_homicide_rate - firearm_homicide_rate
• nonfirearm_homicide_rate - nonfirearm_homicide_rate
• firearm_suicides - firearm_suicides
• total_suicides - total_suicides
• firearm_homicides - firearm_homicides
• nonfirearm_homicides - nonfirearm_homicides
• total_homicides - total_homicides
• nextyearfss - nextyearfss
• year - year
• natl_population - natl_population
• natl_homicides - natl_homicides
• natl_suicides - natl_suicides
• natl_firearm_homicides - natl_firearm_homicides
• natl_nonfirearm_homicides - natl_nonfirearm_homicides
• natl_firearm_suicides - natl_firearm_suicides
• natl_homicide_rate - natl_homicide_rate
• natl_firearmhomicide_rate - natl_firearmhomicide_rate
• fss - fss
• nextyearfss - nextyearfss

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Summary Statistics: Max. 2023.0; StDev 21.57675311598849; Min. 1949.0; Valid 3804.0; Mean 1986.1779705573094

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3IL6/H9VkXgi8QFcSpwXrA==

f11612054 Location:

Variable Format: character

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f11612054 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:b5Xd9Fm6M6SebYWZtUlbGw==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 5505597.29399475; Mean 4808766.024585827; Max. 3.9557045E7; Valid 3803.0; Min. 159000.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Qg52DBWgdWeoIf9nY7gUdw==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3804.0; Max. 0.891304348; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.5518093071635121; StDev 0.14879338118400096

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tou4uQUgV2VnPxE8akN99Q==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 6.54292725008651; StDev 5.220744024955195; Valid 3803.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 68.90796963

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xXZk5w9tcyMWszCBMuWoNA==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 3.9644627419552383; Valid 3800.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 4.2574230234299995; Max. 55.49522615

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xynUb0IU0NWHRMa4u9dfag==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.289386714347105; Valid 3800.0; StDev 1.5592399877224208; Max. 15.27102848; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aQJwKptQqO/ZZosOuFPYpg==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2697.0; StDev 334.62767002414193; Min. 0.0; Mean 309.26656151419604; Valid 3804.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:U+QoCVzZGMeBSQNblc7OTA==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3804.0; Max. 4491.0; Mean 580.5649316508831; Min. 23.0; StDev 656.0357416208018

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zG+jguYDeARCLQo8pDQieA==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 3183.0; StDev 320.7595749178506; Valid 3801.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 224.7392791370722

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NYD9ksEm2mQKCn1sbfDfHg==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3801.0; StDev 159.18940097896038; Mean 114.52170481452237; Min. 0.0; Max. 2235.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9K5z9/EwUblESGZN8rBRvQ==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 4232.0; Mean 339.0049947423766; Valid 3804.0; StDev 465.69618233078756; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3xsBfNh5No5QVxkFClhc9w==

f11612054 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 3753.0; StDev 0.14844312205378934; Max. 0.891304348; Mean 0.5524868933879563

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:m6snJJQwfBpVI10rhUsz3Q==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1949.0; Mean 1986.0; Max. 2023.0; Valid 75.0; StDev 21.79449471770337

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Zq2+2BR5FPY4gTYcyS04ag==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.4383649588666666E8; Valid 75.0; Min. 1.48555E8; StDev 5.644392005523178E7; Max. 3.36806231E8

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:LuWdaD/NR0z7XmnN47ehOQ==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 5636.715948554146; Min. 7418.0; Max. 26254.0; Mean 17194.333333333332; Valid 75.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:quVZpUI6I4CWQn/iHDBMxA==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 49476.0; Min. 15569.0; StDev 9258.066027529188; Valid 75.0; Mean 29446.253333333338

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ZXzASREhHv7Pvp4VxC939A==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 20943.0; Valid 75.0; StDev 4470.770531246606; Min. 3807.0; Mean 11389.786666666667

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ZZ//gk4cUN5L7EL0DxSniQ==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1556.4015882103765; Valid 75.0; Mean 5803.960000000001; Min. 3585.0; Max. 8960.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4VmqW7mM6joEaQ+G8uiIPQ==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 75.0; Min. 6873.0; Mean 15686.0; StDev 5303.690775095946; Max. 27300.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:mkcgcfjRWw0VFjXgKB4Rjg==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 75.0; Min. 4.49544172005308; StDev 1.907808710291581; Mean 7.0259362762886335; Max. 10.5793175027011;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8dmR+2JLVdAiWhXGOkldng==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.4490625527630678; Min. 2.31695058070088; Max. 7.06048046206328; Mean 4.574482557233706; Valid 75.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WBbhm8oaFYUZjW+Cr+G72Q==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.04991036617592758; Min. 0.424611581920904; Mean 0.5269724695788791; Max. 0.611042785940838; Valid 75.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:37jHTDBZn+fX95r/pucDmw==

f11634684 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.430296313579095; Max. 0.611042785940838; Valid 74.0; Mean 0.5283557248175004; StDev 0.04878214945222903

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:vsHsj4LalRSRUwBA2z0aOA==

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Firearm_suicide_homicide_codebook_v2.csv

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