Overall childhood injuries from nonpowder firearms are decreasing, eye injuries are increasing
1. In a cross-sectional study examining a national injury surveillance system, the annual rate of nonpowder firearm injuries to children ...
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Rising handgun ownership linked to increased firearm mortalities among young children
1. Despite a decrease in overall firearm ownership among families with young children in the household between 1976 and 2016, ...
Nevada gun shows linked to short-term increases in California firearm injuries and deaths
1. Nevada gun shows were linked to local, temporary increases in firearm-related injuries and deaths in California, but California gun ...
Mass shootings associated with large increases in handgun acquisitions in the following 6 weeks
1. After the mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut (2012) and San Bernardino, California (2015), there were spikes in handgun acquisitions ...
22% of U.S. gun owners report purchasing a firearm without a background check
1. A national survey found that 22% of U.S. gun owners reported purchasing a firearm in the last two years ...
Patients hospitalized for accidental firearm injuries more likely to have a violence-related arrest
1. Patients with unintentional or assault-related firearm injuries had a higher incidence of violence-related arrest. 2. Some firearm injuries classified ...
Firearm-related hospitalizations in children represent a heavy burden
Image: PD 1. Hospitalizations due to firearm-related injuries is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, affecting 8.87 per 100 ...
Household firearm accessibility increases risk of suicide and homicide
Image: PD 1. From a systematic review of the literature, there is a significantly increased risk of both suicide and ...
Pediatric gunshot injuries associated with higher mortality and costs
Image: CC/Wiki 1. The relative incidence of gunshot injuries seen by multiple EMS was low; however, they were associated with ...
A quarter of youths with assault injury own a gun
Image: PD 1. 23% of adolescents (14-21yo) presenting to an urban emergency department with injuries suffered from assault reported firearm ...