gun_deaths: Gun Deaths in America

gun_deathsR Documentation

Gun Deaths in America

Description

A dataset containing records on all firearm deaths in the United States (excluding non-U.S. residents) from 2012-2014.

Usage

gun_deaths

Format

A data frame with 100,798 rows and 10 variables:

id

Row number of the observation

year

Year the death occurred

month

Month the death occurred

intent

Intent of the death (homicide, suicide, accidental, unknown)

police

Indicator if the death was the result of an officer-involved shooting

sex

Victim's sex

age

Victim's age

race

Victim's race (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American/Native Alaskan)

place

Location where the shooting occurred

education

Highest level of education of the victim

Source

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gun-deaths/


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