Firearm injuries are a serious public health problem for children and adolescents in the United States and even more of a problem in some low- and middle-income countries. A number of countries in Central and South America report extremely high rates of firearm death,...
Highlights The US firearm homicide rate is 24.9 times higher than in other high-income countries. The US firearm suicide rate was 9.8 times higher than in other high-income countries. 83.7% of all firearm deaths occurred in the US. 91.7% of women and 98.1% of all...
Background Violent death is a serious problem in the United States. Previous research showing US rates of violent death compared with other high-income countries used data that are more than a decade old. Methods We examined 2010 mortality data obtained from the World...
