Objective To estimate the degree to which the proportion of homicides and suicides committed with a gun is associated with reported availability of firearms across Chicago neighbourhoods. Methods Data were collected as part of the Project on Human Development...
Background Previous studies of concealed firearm carrying among children and adolescents have focused on individual risk factors. Objective To identify features of neighborhoods associated with concealed firearm carrying among a representative sample of youth from...
Objectives (1) To quantify lethality of firearms relative to other suicide methods, (2) to quantify the extent to which suicide mortality may be reduced by limiting access to firearms. Methods Data on suicides and hospitalised para-suicides that occurred in the state...
Purpose Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents and the 8th leading cause of death overall. Guns figure prominently in this problem. Guns are the most lethal means of suicide, and in the United States about 60% of all suicides are committed by...
