Firearm-related injuries pose a serious public health problem in the United States and are increasingly the focus of public health concern. Despite the magnitude of this problem, ongoing and systematic collection of data on firearm-related injuries to help guide...
Objectives We compared the prevalence of risk factors for Black and White suicide decedents in Fulton County, Georgia, from 1988–2002. Methods We used data from the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office to compile information on suicides that occurred in...
Data from 26 industrialized countries are compared to understand the incidence of firearm-related and non-firearm-related homicide among children under 15 years of age. Comparisons were made between rates per 100,000 children for each country and for the United States...
This article is intended to provide a better understanding of the incidence of violent deaths among children under 15 years of age in highly industrialized countries/areas. We found that rates of violent childhood deaths are not uniform in the industrialized world and...
Objectives To examine statewide data on exposure of adults and children to loaded and unlocked household firearms, and to estimate the prevalence of firearm carrying among adults in Oregon. Design Analyses of 1992 and 1993 telephone survey data from 6202 adults aged...
