Association of State-Level Firearm-Related Deaths With Firearm Laws in Neighboring States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Firearms are easily transported over state borders; hence permissive firearm laws in one state may have an interstate association with firearm-related deaths in nearby states.

Objectives

To examine whether certain firearm laws have an interstate association with firearm-related deaths in nearby states.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional observational study used data on state firearm-related deaths in the 48 contiguous states of the US between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2019. A spatial autoregressive model with fixed effects for state and year was used to evaluate within-state, interstate, and overall associations between firearm laws and firearm-related deaths. Analyses were performed during January 2022.

Exposures

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SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644258 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature