Well this will be why the GOP are snivelling about the CDC looking at "crime" - they don't consider homicides a public health issue. Because....

For instance, the provisional data do not document the various mechanisms of homicide, but the researchers noted that provisional data on gun-related deaths also increased last year, climbing from a rate of 11.9 firearm deaths per 100,000 in 2019 to 13.6 per 100,000 in 2020 -- a 14% increase.