Firearm violence in the United States knows no age limit. This study compares the survival of children younger than five years to children and adolescents of age 5-19 years who presented to an ED for gunshot wounds (GSWs) in the United States to test the hypothesis of...
Objective Firearm injuries have high morbidity and mortality. Presentation of injuries requiring concurrent vascular repair and its outcomes are unclear. Our study’s objective was to characterize the injury details and to assess the associated mortality and...
Understanding the life years lost by assault and suicide due to firearms among white and black Americans can help us understand the race-specific and intent-specific firearm mortality burden and inform prevention programmes. The objective was to assess national and...
Objectives To document overall, racial, ethnic and intent-specific spatiotemporal trends of firearm-related fatality rates (FRF rates) in the USA. Design Cross-sectional study per year from 2000 to 2010. Setting USA participants Aggregate count of all...
Background Data on the factors associated with school shootings in the USA are limited. The public conversation has often suggested several factors that may be linked to these events, however with little empirical support. Aiming to fill this gap, we describe the...
