US Firearm-Related Mortality: National, State, And Population Trends, 1999-2017
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US Firearm-Related Mortality: National, State, And Population Trends, 1999-2017
Abstract
Nationwide firearm-related mortality rates increased in 2015-17 after remaining relatively stable in 1999-2014. Recent increases are reflected across most states and demographics to varying degrees, which suggests a worsening epidemic of firearm mortality that is geographically and demographically broad. In both time periods the fractions of firearm deaths due to suicide and homicide remained consistent.
Keywords: Epidemiology; Firearm; Health policy; Mortality; Mortality rates; Violence.
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Firearm-Related Mortality In The US.Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Jan;39(1):169-170. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01608. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020. PMID: 31905060 No abstract available.
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