Where Americans are most likely to be killed by gun violence

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October 3, 2017 1:06 AM

As the tragic events in Las Vegas showed, guns remain an entrenched part of American life. This map shows gun deaths, state-by-state.

On Sunday night, a gunman killed at least 59 people and injured 527 others on the Las Vegas Strip. The shooter, identified as , open fired from the

It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

As the tragic event showed, guns remain an entrenched — and accessible — part of American life. According to the Center for Disease Control

The Kaiser Family Foundation assembled a table of statistics from the CDC on 2015 mortality rates from firearms in each state. Kaiser combined various firearm-related causes of death, including assault by firearm, police shootings, suicide by firearm, and accidental discharges.

Some highlights:

• States with the highest rate include Alaska (23.4) and Louisiana (20.5). Alaska doesn't require residents to have a permit for carrying concealed weapons, while Louisiana does (but only for certain handguns and rifles).

• States with the lowest rate include Massachusetts (3.0) and Hawaii (3.6). Both states have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.

This map shows the number of gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents in each state in 2015:

Drake Baer contributed to an earlier version of this story.

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