Association of pediatric firearm injury with neighborhood social deprivation in Philadelphia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Firearm-related injury is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. There is a need to clarify the association of neighborhood environment with gun violence affecting children. We evaluated the relative contribution of specific social determinants to observed rates of firearm-related injury in children of different ages.

Methods

This was a population-based study of firearm injury in children (age <18 years) that occurred in Philadelphia census tracts (2015-2021). The exposure was neighborhood Social Deprivation Index (SDI) quintile. The outcome was the rate of pediatric firearm injury due to interpersonal violence stratified by age, sex, race, and year. Hierarchical negative binomial regression measured the risk-adjusted association between SDI qu

SUBMITTER: Kauffman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11337676 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature