Modification of Firearm Law-Firearm Injury Association by Economic Disadvantage.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Firearm-related injuries in the U.S. have risen 37% since 2015. Understanding how the association between firearm incidents and state-level firearm restrictiveness is modified by community-level distress and economic connectedness (EC) may inform upstream injury prevention efforts.

Methods

A national cross-sectional study of firearm incidents (interpersonal and unintentional firearm events) occurring between 1/2015 and 12/2021 was performed using the Gun Violence Archive. The exposures were community distress (Distressed Communities Index, DCI), EC, and year-state-level firearm restrictiveness. The primary outcome was mean annual urban firearm incidence rate per ZIP Code Tabulation Area. Generalized linear mixed models were fit to evaluate the modification of th

SUBMITTER: Agoubi LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872934 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature