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Sarah K. Cowan
Sarah K. Cowan, Sociologist, NYU
26.6k ViewsUpvoted by Jeremy Miles, Brit living in the US since 2006
According to the United Nations, 2,473,018 people died in the United States in the most recent year data is available, 2008. That means 6,775 per day.

Source: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demog...
One person is killed by a firearm every 17 minutes, 87 people are killed during an average day, and 609 are killed every week. (source: CDC)