Child Access Prevention Firearm Laws and Firearm Fatalities Among Children Aged 0 to 14 Years, 1991-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Firearms caused more than 500 pediatric fatalities in 2017-a 50% increase from 2009. Laws regulating firearms are one approach to reducing pediatric firearm fatalities.

Objective

To evaluate the association between state child access prevention (CAP) firearm laws and pediatric firearm fatalities.

Design, setting, and participants

A state-level, cross-sectional study of CAP firearm laws throughout the United States, 1991-2016, was conducted using negative binomial regression to analyze differences in state fatality rates in children aged 0 to 14 years. Data analysis was performed from November 21, 2018, to October 18, 2019.

Exposures

Implementation of 2 categories of state CAP firearm laws: recklessness laws, which pertain to providing a firearm to a

SUBMITTER: Azad HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7052788 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature