The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in suicide and homicide by firearm rates in Missouri.

ABSTRACT: Missouri homicide rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2023), spiking in 2022. Data obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database showed from 2018 to 2023, Black/African American American youth experienced the most firearm-related homicides before and during the pandemic. This study also found demographic differences between youth firearm suicide and homicide rates in Missouri.

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12645723 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature