Firearm-related deaths in Tennessee children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The healthcare burden and fatality rate associated with pediatric firearm injuries is increasing substantially. Most published studies evaluating outcomes and disparities of pediatric firearm-related injuries have focused primarily on hospital-level data. This study aimed to investigate mortality indicators among pediatric decedents referred to the Tennessee Chief Medical Examiner (CME) having a confirmed firearm-related cause of death.

Methods

In this retrospective cross-sectional study, the Tennessee CME database was queried to reveal 643 death certificates of children ages 17 years and younger who died from a firearm-related injury between 2012 and 2022. Death certificates were surveyed for demographics and residential data. Autopsy reports were reviewed for an

SUBMITTER: Strode AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12766833 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature