+ 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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+ 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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+ Comparison of injury case Fatality rates in the United States and New Zealand
- Author:
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Spicer, R. / Miller, T. / Langley, J. / Stephenson, S.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, International
- Keywords:
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DEMOGRAPHY, Mortality, SURVEYS, UNITED States, Wounds & Injuries
The authors used hospital discharge data on inpatient stays and mortality data to calculate case fatality rates by mechanism and intent for a variety of injury types. Intentionally self-inflicted firearm...
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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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+ Reductions In Firearm-Related Mortality And Hospitalizations In Brazil After Gun Control
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de Souza, Maria de Fátima Marinho / Macinko, James / Alencar, Airlane Pereira / Malta, Deborah Carvalho / de Morais Neto, Otaliba Libânio
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Health Affairs
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Brazil, GUN control
In October 2003, Brazil passed laws making it illegal to own unregistered guns, to carry guns outside one’s home or business, to sell guns without a background check, and to buy a gun before the age of...
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+ The demographics of significant firearm injury in Canadian trauma centers and the associated predictors of in-hospital mortality
- Author:
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Finley CJ / Hemenway D / Clifton J / Brown DR / Simons RK
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Canadian Journal of Surgery
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, International, Medical, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Canada, Handgun, Male, Trauma Center
The authors investigated all firearm cases treated in Canadian trauma centers 1999-2003. Of the 784 people shot, 94% were male. Self-inflicted shooting accounted for 30% of the cases, assaults 60% and...
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+ Violent death in Connecticut, 2001 to 2004
- Author:
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Borrup K / Gelven ES / Carver HW / Banco L / Lapidus G
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Conn Med
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Age Factors, Aged, Connecticut/epidemiology, Continental Population Groups, Educational Status
The authors reviewed medical examiner, law enforcement, crime laboratory data, and death certificates on all 1,530 violence deaths (homicide, suicide, undetermined firearm) in Connecticut occurring from...
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+ Nonfatal and fatal firearm-related injuries among children aged 14 years and younger: United States, 1993-2000
- Author:
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Eber GB / Annest JL / Mercy JA / Ryan GW
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Medical, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Suicide, accidents/unintentional, surveillance/data collection
Using data on emergency department visits from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, and mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System, the authors provide information on firearm-related...
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+ CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System: background and methodology
- Author:
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Paulozzi LJ / Mercy J / Frazier L / Annest JL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Public Health, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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NVDRS, report, violent death
The authors describe the goals and methods of a new surveillance called the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its objective is the collection...
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+ Factors associated with state variations in homicide, suicide, and unintentional firearm deaths
- Author:
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Price JH / Thompson AJ / Dake JA
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Community Health
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Gun ownership, Mortality, WISQUAR, cross-sectional, state
In this cross-sectional study, the authors explored the association between 16 contextual variables with the occurrence of homicide, suicide, and unintentional firearm deaths, using data from 1999 for...
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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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