- A comparison of two surveillance systems for deaths related to violent injury
- Author:
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Comstock, R. D. / Mallonee, S. / Jordan, F.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Injury, Suicide, Unintentional, death
Data on violent injury deaths in Oklahoma in 2001 from the statewide Medical Examiner and the Vital Statistics Office were compared in an evaluation of the two surveillance systems. A total of 776 violent...
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- Gun Storage Practices and Risk of Youth Suicide and Unintentional Firearm Injuries
- Author:
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Grossman, David C. / Mueller, Beth A. / Riedy, Christine / Dowd, M. Denise / Villaveces, Andres / Prodzinski, Janice / Nakagawara, Jon / Howard, John / Thiersch, Norman / Harruff, Richard
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Storage, Suicide
- Keywords:
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ACCIDENTS -- Prevention, CHILDREN -- Mortality, Ownership, SUICIDAL behavior, U.S. states
Data from incidents in which a child or adolescent younger than 20 years gained access to a firearm and shot himself/herself intentionally or unintentionally or shot another individual unintentionally...
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- The cost of firearm deaths in the United States: Reduced life expectancies and increased insurance costs
- Author:
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Lemaire, J.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Gender, Homicide, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Cost, Life insurance, Life lost, UNITED States, Violence
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, and the U.S. Census Bureau were used to calculate the “cost” of firearms deaths in the U.S. in terms...
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- Australia's 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings
- Author:
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Chapman, S. / Alpers, P. / Agho, K. / Jones, M.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Suicide
- Keywords:
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ACCIDENTS -- Prevention, MORTALITY -- Statistics, MULTIVARIATE analysis, OUTCOME assessment (Medical care), SAFETY education
Data from the Australian National Injury Surveillance Unit on unintentional and intentional death caused by firearms for the years 1979-2003 was analyzed in an investigation of the impact of 1996 gun...
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- Police deaths in New York and London during the twentieth century
- Author:
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Kyriacou, D. N. / Monkkonen, E. H. / Peek-Asa, C. / Lucke, R. E. / Labbett, S. / Pearlman, K. S. / Hutson, H. R.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Law Enforcement, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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20th Century, London, New York, Occupational hazard, death
The authors investigated the circumstances of 585 police officers in New York City and 160 police officers in London who died while participating in law enforcement activities in the 20th century. Data...
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- Guns in the home: risky business
- Author:
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Wiebe, D. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- LDI Issue Brief
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gender, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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household firearm, risk factor, woman
This brief summarizes two of the author’s previously published case-control studies that combine data from the National Mortality Followback Survey and the National Health Interview Survey. Women with...
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- The financial burden of injury-related hospitalizations to an Alaska Native health system
- Author:
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Chandler, B. A. / Berger, L. R.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Alaska Med
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Local, Medical, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Alaska, Firearms, Health Care Costs, Suicide, Violence
The authors evaluated how much the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Interior Alaska, a Native Alaskans’ health care system, paid for injury-related hospitalizations from 1994-1998. They identified 511 cases...
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- Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach
- Author:
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Cukier, W.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Brown Journal of World Affairs
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Arms control, ILLEGAL arms transfers, International cooperation, PUBLIC health -- International cooperation
The author summarizes the global burden of firearms involved in murder, suicide and accidents, both in terms of human lives lost, as well as regarding economic, social and political conditions. The author...
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- Firearm Availability and Unintentional Firearm Deaths, Suicide, and Homicide among 5-14 Year Olds
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Firearms, Suicide, UNITED States
The authors examined pooled cross-sectional time-series data from 1988 to 1997 to assess the association between the rate of violent death among 5-14 year olds and four proxies of firearm availability...
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- Firearm Availability and Suicide, Homicide, and Unintentional Firearm Deaths among Women
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Accidents, Cross-Sectional Studies, Firearms, Suicide, UNITED States
The authors used pooled cross-sectional time series data from the National Center for Health Statistics and General Social Survey for the period 1988-1997 to examine whether measures of firearm availability...
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- Gun availability and use of guns for murder and suicide in Canada
- Author:
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Lester, D.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Psychological Reports
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Canada, Elderly, HOMICIDE, Suicide, accidental death
"The accidental death rate from guns in Canada was associated with the percentage of guns used by suicides and on homicide victims except for elderly persons.”
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