Dataset Information

State-specific, racial and ethnic heterogeneity in trends of firearm-related fatality rates in the USA from 2000 to 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To document overall, racial, ethnic and intent-specific spatiotemporal trends of firearm-related fatality rates (FRF rates) in the USA.

Design

Cross-sectional study per year from 2000 to 2010.

Setting usa participants

Aggregate count of all people in the USA from 2000 to 2010.

Outcome measures

Data from the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System from 2000 to 2010 was used to determine annual FRF rates per 100,000 and by states, race, ethnicity and intent.

Results

The average national 11-year FRF rate was 10.21/100,000, from 3.02 in Hawaii to 18.62 in Louisiana: 60% of states had higher than national rates and 41 states showed no temporal change. The average national FRF rates among African-Americans and Caucasians were 18.51 and 9.05/100,000 and among Hispanics and non-Hispanics were 7.13 and 10.13/100,000; Hispanics had a decreasing change of -0.18, p trend<0.0001. In states with increasing trends (Florida and Massachusetts), Caucasians and non-Hispanics drove the rise; while in states with decreasing trends (California, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, New York, Illinois, Maryland), Hispanics and African-Americans drove the fall. The average national FRF rates due to homicides (4.1/100,000) and suicides (5.8/100,000) remained constant, but varied between states.

Conclusions

Endemic national FRF rates mask a wide variation in time trends between states. FRF rates were twice as high in African-Americans than Caucasians but decreased among Hispanics. Efforts to identify state-specific best practices can contribute to changes in national FRF rates that remain high.

SUBMITTER: Kalesan B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4185336 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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State-specific, racial and ethnic heterogeneity in trends of firearm-related fatality rates in the USA from 2000 to 2010.

Kalesan Bindu B Vasan Sowmya S Mobily Matthew E ME Villarreal Marcos D MD Hlavacek Patrick P Teperman Sheldon S Fagan Jeffrey A JA Galea Sandro S

BMJ open 20140814 9

<h4>Objectives</h4>To document overall, racial, ethnic and intent-specific spatiotemporal trends of firearm-related fatality rates (FRF rates) in the USA.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional study per year from 2000 to 2010.<h4>Setting usa participants</h4>Aggregate count of all people in the USA from 2000 to 2010.<h4>Outcome measures</h4>Data from the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System from 2000 to 2010 was used to determine annual FRF rates per 100,000 and by states, race, ethnic ...[more]

PMID: 25239291

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Dataset Information

State-specific, racial and ethnic heterogeneity in trends of firearm-related fatality rates in the USA from 2000 to 2010.

Objectives

Design

Setting usa participants

Outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

State-specific, racial and ethnic heterogeneity in trends of firearm-related fatality rates in the USA from 2000 to 2010.

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