+ 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
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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
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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
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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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+ 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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+ Russian roulette and risk-taking behavior - A medical examiner study
- Author:
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Shields LBE / Hunsaker JC / Stewart DM
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Recreational Use, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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AGE, Head Wounds, Kentucky, Male, Russian Roulette
The authors reviewed cases in the Medical Examiners’ Offices in Kentucky of self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head from Russian roulette. Of the 24 incidents, most (79.2%) were white, and all were...
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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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+ Australian firearms legislation and unintentional firearm deaths: a theoretical explanation for the absence of decline following the 1996 gun laws
- Author:
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McPhedran S / Baker J
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Public Health
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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AUSTRALIA, Accidents, Prevention & Control, Safety, Wounds
The Australian Bureau of Statistics stated that in recent years there has been an increase in open coroner’s cases of potential suicides. Open cases are reported as accidental, ill-defined or unspecified,...
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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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