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Global Burden of Disease Study

Large recurring global health study

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Dec 12, 2025
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What were the 2024 homicide rates per 100,000 by race and ethnicity in the U.S.?

Available sources do not provide a single, definitive table of U.S. 2024 homicide rates per 100,000 by race and ethnicity; federal and academic releases treat different years and use different methods...

Nov 13, 2025
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How do US murder rates compare across different racial demographics?

The evidence shows in U.S. homicide (murder) rates: Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations bear the highest burdens, especially young males, while Asian/Pacific Islander populatio...

Dec 4, 2025
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Can tetanus from a rusty object be fatal and how common is it today?

Tetanus can be fatal: global and clinical studies report case-fatality rates ranging widely—from about 10% in some summaries to as high as nearly 100% for neonatal tetanus in settings without intensiv...

Dec 15, 2025

How do rates of homicide perpetrators compare when adjusted for population by race?

When homicide rates are adjusted for population, Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) males — especially those aged roughly 15–44 — show the highest per‑capita homicide rates in national dat...

Dec 14, 2025

Do black men commit a disproportionate number of murders. Yes or no.

Yes: multiple recent data sources show Black Americans — particularly Black males aged 15–44 — experience much higher homicide victimization rates and are overrepresented among homicide offenders rela...

Nov 24, 2025

What are the victimization rates for homicide by race in the US?

Recent sources show large, persistent racial gaps in U.S. homicide victimization: multiple compilations and analyses report Black Americans experiencing homicide victimization rates many times higher ...

Dec 16, 2025

How do age-adjusted homicide perpetration rates differ by race and gender in the past three decades?

Age-adjusted homicide rates have been consistently highest for non‑Hispanic Black males and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) males, particularly among young adults, with large gaps versus non‑...

Nov 11, 2025

Did suicide rates increase or decrease during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021)?

The evidence assembled from systematic reviews, peer-reviewed papers, public-health analyses, and country-level trend studies shows , but it does show . Broad meta-analytic and multi-country surveilla...

Jan 4, 2026

How do rates of interracial homicide change when adjusted for population size and age?

Adjusting homicide rates for population size and age narrows—but does not erase—racial differences in victimization: age-standardized metrics produced by national health researchers and the CDC show m...

Dec 17, 2025

Have trends in homicide offender racial composition changed significantly between 2015 and 2024?

Available reporting shows that the racial composition of known homicide offenders in 2015 differed from later years: FBI Expanded Homicide data for 2015 reported that when offender race was known, 53....

Dec 13, 2025

Which organizations and research projects has Bill Gates personally funded related to metabolic disease and diabetes?

Bill Gates — largely through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and related vehicles — has funded research and initiatives that touch metabolic disease and diabetes, including grants to Global Burden...

Dec 7, 2025

Are there recent trends or changes in autism prevalence estimates in Latin America compared to global rates?

Recent large-scale estimates (GBD 2021 / Lancet Psychiatry re-analysis) place tropical Latin America’s autism prevalence at about 614.5 per 100,000 (≈1 in 163), substantially lower than some high-inco...

Dec 4, 2025

Are there regional or cultural differences in pegging prevalence and acceptance globally?

Available reporting shows increased visibility and reported interest in pegging in Western online porn and media — Clips4Sale reported sales/search spikes (sales grew over 80% from 2021–22) and named ...

Nov 9, 2025

Which U.S. states have the highest per-capita rates of police killings of Black people in 2013–2023?

Available analyses and metadata indicate that the sources supplied do not contain a ready-made ranking of U.S. states by , and no single provided document delivers that precise statistic for the full ...

Oct 16, 2025

What was the peak COVID-19 death rate in the US during 2020?

The provided analyses do not state a single numeric for the United States in 2020, so a direct single-value answer is not extractable from these sources. Instead, the materials present —reported COVID...