Global burden and trends of firearm violence in 204 countries/territories from 1990 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gaps remained in the updated information of the firearm violence (FV) burden from a global landscape. Understanding the global burden of FV could contribute to decision-making.

Methods

Data on the FV burden, including physical violence by firearm (PVF), self-harm by firearm (SHF), and unintentional firearm injuries (UFI), were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease 2019. The temporal trends of age-standardized rate (ASR) were estimated using estimated annual percentage change (EAPC).

Results

In 2019, PVF, SHF, and UFI reported 710.64 × 10³, 335.25 × 10³, and 2,133.88 × 10³, respectively, incident cases worldwide. Their ASR (/100,000 people-years) were 9.31, 4.05, and 28.07. During 1990-2019, the overall incident ASRs of

SUBMITTER: Ou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9470124 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature