More than 38,000 people have died in the United States from the use of firearms during 2020, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
The non-profit organization, which documents gun violence across the country, reported on Thursday that there were 38,730 deaths from firearms.
Of that number 14,970 were victims of homicide, murder or accidental shootings, compared to 14,789 dead 2019.
The other 23,760 deaths in 2020 were from suicides, the GVA said.
There was no figure from the organization for the number of firearm deaths by suicide in 2019.
A total of 207 children under 11 lost their lives and 473 were injured by firearms.
In addition, 762 children aged 12 to 17, died and another 2,253 were injured in the past year.
There were 409 mass shootings and 30 mass murders in 2020, which GVA defines as incidents in which four or more people were injured or killed.
Such incidents caused around two percent of firearm deaths, with other fatalities resulting from domestic disputes, gang violence, robberies and accidents with firearms.
It is estimated that in the US, a country with around 335 million inhabitants, there are between 200 million and 350 million firearms in the hands of citizens.
There are no exact figures because there is no national census, federal documentation or public health studies about these weapons.
The GVA is an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from more than 6,500 law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence.
It is an independent data collection and research group with no affiliation with any advocacy organization.
The not for profit corporation was formed in 2013 with the aim of providing online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the US.