A Secondary Analysis of Mississippi Domestic Violence Trends from 2019 to September 2025 Based on The Trace Atlas of Gun Violence Archives

Background: Domestic violence remains one of the most heartbreaking yet overlooked public health challenges across the Deep South. Prevention programs and effective policies addressing domestic violence issues must be driven by translatable, applicable, and reliable data in order to see outcome-driven results. Purpose: The objective was to identify temporal, regional, and city-level patterns in the frequency and severity of domestic violence gun incidents. Methods: This study presents a secondary analysis of domestic violence gun incidents in Mississippi from January 2019 to September 2025. To examine geographic distribution, incidents were aggregated at the regional level: Central, Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast, and visualized using bar charts that highlighted regional differences in incident concentration. Annual trends were visualized to show fluctuations in incident counts, fatalities, and injuries over the seven years. Results: The summary data for 2019–2025 revealed variations across years, with notable increases observed in recent periods. Further analysis identified the top ten cities by total incidents, with Jackson, Vicksburg, and Natchez among those with the highest counts. Conclusion: The findings provide an empirical overview of Mississippi’s domestic violence gun trends, illustrating both temporal changes and geographic disparities that can inform future prevention and policy strategies.