TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Quickstats: Number of homicides committed, by the three most common methods - United States, 2010-2016
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
SP  - 806
EP  - 806
VL  - 67
IS  - 29
N2  - <p>During 2010–2016, use of firearms was the most common method in the United States, followed by the use of instruments for cutting and piercing and then suffocation. The number of firearm-related homicides was relatively stable during 2010–2014 (fluctuating between 11,008 and 11,622) but then increased by 31% from 2014 (11,008) to 2016 (14,415). In 2016, the number of homicides involving firearms was approximately eight times the number of those involving cutting and piercing (1,781) and approximately 30 times those involving suffocation (502</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6729a4
ID  - ref1
ER  -