Mortality from almost every type of injury has decreased during the past decade.’ The major exception is death from firearms. Gun deaths have risen in the United States since 1985, with the largest increase occurring among adolescents. Gun purchases by minors...
Objective To compare rates of serious firearm injuries among children and adolescents treated in a statewide trauma system. Materials and Methods We reviewed the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (Mechanicsburg) registry from January 1, 1987, through December...
This study examined relationships between variation in child and adolescent firearm mortality by state and the following variables: childhood poverty rate, percent single parent families, percent population that is African American, percent population that is...
Background The objective was to investigate the relationship of high gun ownership and gun death rate on children and determine predictors influencing the incidence and outcome of pediatric firearm injuries in a major pediatric level 1 trauma center. Methods We...
Objective. —To examine trends (1979 through 1989) and current status in firearm and nonfirearm homicide rates by level of urbanization among persons 15 through 19 years of age. Design. —The Compressed Mortality File, a county-level mortality and population database...
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