U.s. has more guns - and gun deaths - than any other country, study finds

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The U . s . States has more guns and gun deaths than every other developed country on the planet, scientists found.

Research by two New You are able to City cardiologists discovered that the U.S. has 88 guns per 100 people and 10 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people - greater than the other 27 developed nations they analyzed.

Japan, however, had only .6 guns per 100 people and .06 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, which makes it the nation with both fewest guns per capita and also the fewest gun-related deaths.

Drs. Sripal Bangalore, who works at NYU Langone Clinic, and Dr. Franz Messerli of St. Luke's Clinic analyzed the data of guns per capita and gun deaths. They used gun injuries data in the World Health Organization and guns per capita data in the Small Arms Survey to construct a listing of 27 developed nations.

They stated they completed their study due to the things they stated are apparently groundless claims on each side from the gun control debate.

"I believe we want much more of things i would call evidence-based discussion and never basically people tugging things from their hats," Bangalore stated. "We hear again and again about these shootings, mainly in the this past year approximately. Lots of claims are made…so we would have liked to check out the information and find out or no of the holds water."

They came to the conclusion more guns don't get people to safer.

David Hemenway, a professor in the Harvard School of Public Health who is an expert in injuries research and it is one among the very best gun violence scientists in the united states, stated the there's "no doubtInch the relationship between guns and gun deaths is real.

"It should not be a real surprise to individuals,Inch Hemenway stated.

You will find some caveats towards the data, for example countries' records of illegal guns, however it appears to become "reasonable" as well as on componen with previous research, Hemenway stated.

The Nation's Rifle Association didn't immediately react to ABCNews.com request comment.

Here's the entire list:

Country

Guns per 100

Total Gun-related Deaths per 100,000

U . s . States	88.8	10.2
Europe	45.7	3.84
Finland	45.3	3.64
Sweden	31.6	1.47
Norwegian	31.3	1.78
France	31.2	3
Canada	30.8	2.44
Austria	30.4	2.94
Iceland	30.3	1.25
Germany	30.3	1.1
Nz	22.6	2.66
A holiday in greece	22.5	1.5
Belgium	17.2	2.43
Luxembourg	15.3	1.81
Australia	15	1.04
Nigeria	12.7	9.41
Poultry	12.5	.72
Denmark	12	1.45
Malta	11.9	2.16
Italia	11.9	1.28
The country	10.4	.63
Ireland	8.6	1.03
Portugal	8.5	1.77
Israel	7.3	1.86
Uk	6.2	.25
Netherlands	3.9	.46
Japan	.6	.06

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