Linking Data on Nonfatal Firearm Injuries in Youths to Assess Disease Burden

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2436640. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36640.
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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study estimates the incidence of nonfatal firearm injuries among children and young adults after linking patient-level police and trauma registry data.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Cost of Illness
  • Female
  • Firearms* / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Male
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Wounds, Gunshot* / epidemiology
  • Young Adult