According to the document, titled Global Mortality by Firearms 1990 - 2016, more than 250 thousand people died in 2016 from gun-related injuries, of which 15,400 were registered in Mexico. 2016 is the last year of finalized numbers worldwide to create the ranking, although Mexico saw an increase in violence in 2017.

America, the most violent continent
The study revealed that only six countries in the Americas accounted for half of all weapon deaths in the world, with . . .