A new study from the Violence Policy Center released Friday found that more than 50,000 Hispanics were killed by guns in the United States from 1999-2014.
The study said two-thirds of those deaths were homicides, and about 30 percent were suicides.
The study said the overall homicide rate for Hispanics was 4.69 for every 100,000 over the 15-year period. By contrast, the homicide rate for white people was about half of that rate, 2.41 out of every 100,000.
“The lethal toll of gun violence on Hispanics, especially young Hispanics, is clear,” VPC Executive Director Josh Sugarmann said in a statement.
Homicide by guns is the leading cause of death for Hispanics ages 15-24, the study found. For whites in that age group, homicide is the fourth-leading cause of death, and for blacks it is the leading cause of death.
