Background Firearm violence is one of the leading preventable causes of death and injury in the United States and is on the rise. While policies regulating access to firearms offer opportunities to prevent firearm-related deaths, an understanding of the holistic...
Importance Firearm injury research in the US has focused on fatal injuries. The incidence and epidemiologic factors associated with nonfatal firearm injuries are less understood. Objective To evaluate estimates of incidence and trends over time of fatal and...
In the United States, there are more than twice as many nonfatal firearm injuries as fatal firearm injuries each year.1 For many of these individuals, their only contact with the health care system may be the emergency department (ED), where there may be an...
