c/mildlyinteresting · by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world · 1y

California's youth gun homicide rate dropped 50% between 2006-2022. Over the same period, Texas's rate rose 49% and Florida's rate rose 23%

Source: OAG Data

Interesting that California's was higher than Florida/Texas until 2007 and 2015.

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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Some thoughts:

Florida had a striking increase between 2003 and 2008 that isn’t reflected by California or Texas. Did something specific happen in Florida in that timeframe?
Texas seems to have been on a long-term downward trend until 2013 (while Florida was spiking). The subsequent upward trend is mirrored by Florida, but not California.
What does “age-adjusted” mean?
Does “per 100,000” refer to the entire population, or the population under 25? If the former, could some of the differences be accounted for by changing demographics?

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Does “per 100,000” refer to the entire population, or the population under 25? If the former, could some of the differences be accounted for by changing demographics?

That’s what age-adjustment prevents.

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So if I understand that right, the “per 100,000” figures aren’t for the exact populations, but for what the populations would be if the age groups were re-weighted to keep the age demographics constant?

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Right, it imposes the collected data on a chosen model population. I wish it told you what that population was, but I don’t see it.

Jax@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

2005 would have been when Stand Your Ground was implemented, other than that I'm not sure — could be related to the housing crisis as well.

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

Now go compare overall homicide rates, without limiting it to gun usage

MSBBritain@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Damn, that 2020 spike really tells a whole other tragic story of its own.

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What did CA do between 2006-07?

DrDeadCrash@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)