Open AccessUS Firearm-Related Mortality: National, State, And Population Trends, 1999–2017
Author(s) -
Jason E. Goldstick,
April M. Zeoli,
Christina Mair,
Rebecca M. Cunningham
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.837
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 2694-233X
pISSN - 0278-2715
DOI - 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00258
Subject(s) - homicide , demography , demographics , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , population , mortality rate , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , geography , medical emergency , environmental health , pathology , sociology
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.