Role of Firearm Ownership on 2001-2016 Trends in U.S. Firearm Suicide Rates.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the U.S., state-level household firearm ownership is strongly associated with firearm suicide mortality rates. Whether the recent increases in firearm suicide are explained by state-level household firearm ownership rates and trends remains unknown.

Methods

Mortality data from the U.S. National Vital Statistics System and an estimate of state-level household firearm ownership rate were used to conduct hierarchical age-period-cohort (random-effects) modeling of firearm suicide mortality between 2001 and 2016. Models were adjusted for individual-level race and sex and for state-level poverty rate, unemployment rate, median household income in U.S. dollars, population density, and elevation.

Results

Between 2001 and 2016, the crude national firearm suicid

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Ales G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608719 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature