And doing some digging on my own.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/death-by-gun-top-20-states-with-highest-rates/Guns are expected to surpass car crashes for the number of American deaths caused in 2015. In 2013, there were 33,636 Americans killed by guns versus 33, 782 fatal crashes. The most recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics released in 2013 shows the number of gun deaths by state - whether it was homicide, accidental discharge, or intentional self-harm.
Which state has the fewest firearm-related deaths? With a rate of 2.6 deaths per 100,000 population, it's Hawaii. Seven of the top ten states for gun violence also had higher than the normal homicide rate nationally. Which states had the most firearm-related deaths?
Ok, so in 2013,
146 more people were killed by automobiles than were killed by guns in the United States. I do find that statistic interesting as a top-line item. Even more interesting given the matter that the gun fatality number cited there includes suicides("intentional self-harm").
So as of 2013, you were more likely to be killed in an automobile accident than you were to be killed by a gun. If you're not suicidal, your odds of death-by-firearm drops even further.
But going back to the dot link CBS cited,
https://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspxFatalities per 100,000 population in an automotive accident in:
2013: 10.40 (32,893)
2015: 10.92 (35,092) -- Worst year since 2009
going to source CBS used for homicide rates(which actually was the aggregate total of firearm deaths in the number they reported, not homicides):
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/compareyears/194/total_number_of_gun_deaths2015 had 36,247 firearm homicides, gun violence seems to have spiked in 2015 and continued to rise into 2016 (38,658 deaths) so something seems to have happened in 2015 that is causing things to pick up in pace from 2013's 33,636 deaths.
Firearm suicide rates were reported as follows(and they seem to be citing CDC)
2016: 22,938
2015: 22,018
2014: 21,334
2013: 21,175
So it seems that while suicides account for ~1,750 of the ~5,000 additional deaths, something is certainly going on nationally.
For comparison, here are the national suicide numbers(includes firearm use)
2016: 44,876
2015: 44,145
2014: 42,773
2013: 41,149
So it seems gun use is involved in fully half of successful suicide attempts, and those suicide numbers also play hell on the state level fire-arm statistics as well. Particularly in low population (typically conservative) states as a handful of suicides can spike that number really quick.
But going for a recent breakdown of firearm homicides:
2016: 14,415
2015: 12,974
2014: 10,945
2013: 11,208
or per 100,000
2016: 4.46
2015: 4.04
2014: 3.43
2013: 3.54
So it seems your initially cited number already excluded suicides. Although their number is 4.04 for 2015, while the number you cited was 4.88 for 2015. But it still stands that this is a national statistic, let me see if I can get a homicide breakdown by state.
But even with the 4.88 number you cited(which is higher than the site CBS linked to provides), that is still less than half of the 10.92 deaths per 100,000 suffered in automotive accidents in 2015. So it can easily be said you are more than twice as likely to die in a car crash than you are to be killed by a firearm.
But doing some checking, and clicking on homicides(it seems state-level data newer than 2013 is unavailable at this source):
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/illinoisTotal homicides (Chicago?)
2013: 576
2012: 645
2011: 610
2010: 577
2009: 628
2008: 631
2007: 575
2006: 625
2005: 569
2004: 573
2003: 696
2002: 728
2001: 747
2000: 674
1999: 689
per 100,000
2013: 4.47
2012: 5.01
2011: 4.74
2010: 4.50
2009: 4.91
2008: 4.95
2007: 4.53
2006: 4.94
2005: 4.51
2004: 4.55
2003: 5.54
2002: 5.81
2001: 5.98
2000: 5.43
1999: 5.57
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/district-of-columbiaTotal homicides
2013: 61
2012: 55
2011: 77
2010: 84
2009: 104
2008: 122
2007: 129
2006: 120
2005: 142
2004: 137
2003: 156
2002: 176
2001: 141
2000: 138
1999: 145
per 100,000
2013: 9.44
2012: 8.68
2011: 12.43
2010: 13.96
2009: 17.56
2008: 21.03
2007: 22.46
2006: 21.03
2005: 25.04
2004: 24.13
2003: 27.44
2002: 30.71
2001: 24.54
2000: 24.12
1999: 25.43
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/georgia-usaTotal homicides (Atlanta?)
2013: 472
2012: 481
2011: 439
2010: 443
2009: 456
2008: 515
2007: 557
2006: 495
2005: 439
2004: 419
2003: 493
2002: 477
2001: 454
2000: 442
1999: 438
per 100,000
2013: 4.72
2012: 4.85
2011: 4.47
2010: 4.57
2009: 4.74
2008: 5.42
2007: 5.96
2006: 5.41
2005: 4.92
2004: 4.78
2003: 5.72
2002: 5.61
2001: 5.42
2000: 5.40
1999: 5.44
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/idahoTotal homicides
2013: 14
2012: 18
2011: 16
2010: 12
2009: 10
2008: 13
2007: 29
2006: 24
2005: 28
2004: 16
2003: 19
2002: 15
2001: 25
2000: 14
1999: 16
2013: 0.87
2012: 1.13
2011: 1.01
2010: 0.77
2009: 0.64
2008: 0.85
2007: 1.93
2006: 1.63
2005: 1.96
2004: 1.15
2003: 1.39
2002: 1.12
2001: 1.89
2000: 1.08
1999: 1.25
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/iowaTotal homicides
2013: 24
2012: 33
2011: 31
2010: 34
2009: 19
2008: 34
2007: 18
2006: 38
2005: 23
2004: 30
2003: 24
2002: 30
2001: 24
2000: 25
1999: 28
per 100,000
2013: 1.78
2012: 1.07
2011: 1.01
2010: 1.12
2009: 0.63
2008: 1.13
2007: 0.60
2006: 1.27
2005: 0.78
2004: 1.02
2003: 0.82
2002: 1.02
2001: 0.82
2000: 0.85
1999: 0.96
Now, just as a refresher.
But even if you want to focus on all mortality instead of just firearm mortality, the USA still leads the way in the first world. Here are the rate of intentional homicide per 100K as of 2015 (I left Mexico and the Baltic states in, even though I consider neither area to be first world):
Country or dependent area Rate
Canada 1.68
Finland 1.6
France 1.58
Romania 1.49
Hungary 1.48
Israel 1.36
Sweden 1.15
Basically, the USA still has an intentional homicide rate 3 times that of its closest 'competitor', Canada.
Clearly Iowa and Idaho are in desperate need of Gun Control legislation because their homicide rates with firearms are so far out of line with other first world nations.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/louisianaTotal homicides (New Orleans?)
2013: 446
2012: 428
2011: 431
2010: 432
2009: 449
2008: 430
2007: 488
2006: 443
2005: 457
2004: 480
2003: 473
2002: 467
2001: 400
2000: 427
1999: 342
per 100,000
2013: 9.64
2012: 9.30
2011: 9.42
2010: 9.53
2009: 10.00
2008: 9.69
2007: 11.15
2006: 10.30
2005: 9.99
2004: 10.54
2003: 10.46
2002: 10.38
2001: 8.93
2000: 9.55
1999: 7.67
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/maineTotal homicides
2013: 13
2012: 15
2011: 15
2010: 13
2009: 15
2008: 12
2007: 15
2006: 15
2005: 8
2004: 11
2003: 6
2002: 8
2001: 7
2000: 11
1999: 15
per 100,000
2013: 0.98
2012: 1.13
2011: 1.13
2010: 0.98
2009: 1.13
2008: 0.90
2007: 1.13
2006: 1.14
2005: 0.61
2004: 0.84
2003: 0.46
2002: 0.62
2001: 0.54
2000: 0.86
1999: 1.18
Looks like Maine also is in desperate need to take lessons from Europe regarding gun control.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/marylandTotal homicides (Baltimore, Washington D.C. "spillover"?)
2013: 299
2012: 294
2011: 276
2010: 306
2009: 316
2008: 379
2007: 424
2006: 416
2005: 422
2004: 386
2003: 394
2002: 365
2001: 363
2000: 353
1999: 396
per 100,000
2013: 5.04
2012: 5.00
2011: 4.73
2010: 5.30
2009: 5.51
2008: 6.67
2007: 7.50
2006: 7.39
2005: 7.55
2004: 6.96
2003: 7.17
2002: 6.71
2001: 6.75
2000: 6.66
1999: 7.54
Looks like Massachusetts is roughly comparable to Canada's homicide rate per 100,000. Which kind of surprised me.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/michiganTotal homicides (Detroit?)
2013: 493
2012: 579
2011: 511
2010: 440
2009: 495
2008: 489
2007: 506
2006: 536
2005: 491
2004: 488
2003: 477
2002: 489
2001: 499
2000: 504
1999: 516
per 100,000
2013: 4.987
2012: 5.86
2011: 5.17
2010: 4.45
2009: 5.00
2008: 4.92
2007: 5.06
2006: 5.34
2005: 4.89
2004: 4.87
2003: 4.75
2002: 4.88
2001: 4.99
2000: 5.07
1999: 5.21
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/minnesotaRanges from 54 homicides in 1999 to 88 in 2005. with a per 100,000 rate that bottoms at 0.87 in 2009 and peaked at 1.72 in 2005 unsurprisingly.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/californiaRanges from a peak homicide rate of 1,883 in 2006 (closely matched by 1,878 in 2005) to a bottom of 1,312 in 2013(closely matched by 1,314 in 2011. 2010, 2012, and 1999 also finish in the 1,300's with ascending tallies in that order). But even with 2013 being a "good year" in the prior 14 years of records being looked at, with 1,312 deaths in 2013 against a national total of 11,208 in 2013 California alone accounts for ~11.7% of gun homicides in the country by itself.
Their per 100,000 numbers ranged from a peak of 5.24 in 2005(5.23 in 2006), to a low of 3.42 in 2013 (3.49 in 2011, 3.58 in 2012) where they actually beat the national average by 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/alabamahttp://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/mississippiAre weird, and I'm not sure what is going on in those states. They're lower than Lousiana, but higher than Georgia(which in turn tracks with Missouri(which has Kansas City and St Louis), Arkansas and Tennessee(Memphis, Nashville)), and while they do have some "Respectably large Cities" within their borders, I'm not sure that accounts for what is going on there. I'm thinking this is more an indicator of endemic poverty, something the south is notorious for, as are the inner cities, as the decisive factor in play here.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/kentuckyOddly, Kentucky is a full point below the average of Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas and Missouri and up to 2 points below Illinois. (it even beats out Indiana) Ohio and West Virginia do better with firearms still when it comes to homicides. Virginia seems to be a bit more mixed.
So it seems that while there is a definite "urban bias" it also does appear that in the South-eastern states, there also is "something going on" with regards to gun use.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/texasSeems to indicate that while you're safer from a gun-homicide in Texas when compared to Tennessee and company, you're safer still in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia respectively.
But we'll close this with another one of the few states that seem to be in dire need of a European intervention when it comes to firearm homicides.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/utahTotal homicides
2013: 33
2012: 28
2011: 27
2010: 27
2009: 30
2008: 24
2007: 40
2006: 29
2005: 33
2004: 30
2003: 37
2002: 27
2001: 40
2000: 16
1999: 30
per 100,000
2013: 1.14
2012: 0.98
2011: 0.96
2010: 0.98
2009: 1.10
2008: 0.90
2007: 1.54
2006: 1.15
2005: 1.34
2004: 1.25
2003: 1.57
2002: 1.16
2001: 1.75
2000: 0.72
1999: 1.36