The gun murder rate among black males aged 20-29 is near the highest in the world, just a hair shy of the No. 1 homicide capital, Honduras, according to a new report.
In an analysis of 2011-2013 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Brookings Institution found that the gun murder rate was 89 for every 100,000 black men aged 20-29.
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