2021 NVDRS Suicide and Firearm Risk Shows Neglect
The 2021 NVDRS shows a system failing its mandate: suicides dominate, over half by firearm, mostly at home, with American Indian and Alaska Native communities and older men hit hardest. Even with 86.5% of violent deaths tracked, prevention policy lags and treatment access is thin, leaving families and first responders to absorb predictable, preventable loss.