Trends and Disparities in Firearm Fatalities in the United States, 1990-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Firearm fatality rates in the United States have reached a 28-year high. Describing the evolution of firearm fatality rates across intents, demographics, and geography over time may highlight high-risk groups and inform interventions for firearm injury prevention.

Objective

To understand variations in rates of firearm fatalities stratified by intent, demographics, and geography in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed firearm fatalities in the US from 1990 to 2021 using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heat maps, maximum and mean fatality rate graphs, and choropleth maps of county-level rates were created to examine trends in firearm fatality rates by intent over time by age, sex, race, ethnic

SUBMITTER: Rees CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9709653 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature