A population-based study of fatal and nonfatal firearm-related injuries

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 248-255

  Coben, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c   Dearwater, Stephen R ^a,b   Forjuoh, Samuel N ^a,b   Dixon, Bruce W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Ctr for Injury Research and Control   (United States)

^c Dept of Hlth Serv Administration ^*  (United States)

^d Allegheny County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

E codes; epidemiologic methods; firearms; injury; injury surveillance; public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030933153     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03544.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Singh GK, Mathews TJ, Clarke SC, et al. Annual Summary of Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: United States, 1994. Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol 43, No 13, Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1995.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths resulting from firearm- and motor vehicle-related-injuries - United States, 1968-1991. MMWR. 1994; 43:37-42.
3. Wintemute GJ. Firearms as a cause of death in the United States, 1920-1982. J Trauma. 1987; 27:532-6.
4. Fingerhut LA. Firearm Mortality among Children, Youth, and Young Adults 1-34 Years of Age, Trends and Current Status: United States, 1985-90. CDC Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics; No. 231. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1993.
5. National Center for Health Statistics Data Line. Trend showing guns gaining on motor vehicles as cause of death from injuries. Public Health Rep. 1994; 109:450-1.
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Firearm-related years of potential life lost before age 65 years - United States, 1980-1991. MMWR. 1994; 43:609-11.
7. Martin MJ, Hunt TK, Hulley SB. The cost of hospitalization for firearm injuries. JAMA. 1988; 260:3048-50.
8. Mock C, Pilcher S, Maier R. Comparison of the costs of acute treatment for gunshot and stab wounds: further evidence of the need for firearms control. J Trauma. 1994; 36:516-22.
9. Kizer KW, Vassar MJ, Harry RJL, Layton KD. Hospitalization charges, costs and income for firearm-related injuries at a university trauma center. JAMA. 1995; 273:1768-73.
10. Lee RK, Waxweiler RJ, Dobbins JG, Paschetag T. Incidence rates of firearm injuries in Galveston, Texas, 1979-1981. Am J Epidemiol. 1991; 134:511-21.
11. Dowd MD, Knapp JF, Fitzmaurice LS. Pediatric firearm injuries, Kansas City, 1992: a population-based study. Pediatrics. 1994; 94: 867-73.
12. Garrison HG, Runyan CW, Tintinalli JE, et al. Emergency department surveillance: an examination of issues and a proposal for a national strategy. Ann Emerg Med. 1994; 24:849-56.
13. Weiss HB, Forjuoh SN, Coben JH, Garrison HG. The need for emergency department data in highway safety management systems. Accid Anal Prev. 1995; 27:621-2.
14. Abbott J, Johnson R, Koziol-McLain J, Lowenstein SR. Domestic violence against women: incidence and prevalence in an emergency department population. JAMA. 1995; 273:1763-7.
15. Birkhead GS, Galvin VG, Meehan PJ, et al. The emergency department in surveillance of attempted suicide: findings and methodologic considerations. Public Health Rep. 1993; 108:323-31.
16. Brooks DR, Davis LK, Gallagher SS. Work-related injuries among Massachusetts children: a study based on emergency department data. Am J Ind Med. 1993; 24:313-24.
17. Ozonoff VV, Barber CW, Spivak H, et al. Weapon-related injury surveillance in the emergency department. Am J Public Health. 1994; 84:2024-5.
18. Pennsylvania Department of Health. Health Profile, 1994. Pennsylvania Counties. Harrisburg, PA: State Center for Health Statistics and Research, 1995.
19. Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania Vital Statistics Annual Report, 1993. Harrisburg, PA: State Center for Health Statistics and Research, 1994.
20. National Medical Association Surgical Section Position Paper on Violence Prevention. A resolution of trauma surgeons caring for victims of violence. JAMA. 1995; 273:1788-9.
21. Fontanarosa PB. The unrelenting epidemic of violence in America - truth and consequences. JAMA. 1995; 273:1792-3.
22. The Violence Prevention Task Force of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Violence in America: a public health crisis - the role of firearms. J Trauma. 1995; 38:163-8.
23. Jagger J, Dietz PE. Death and injury by firearms: who cares? JAMA. 1986; 255:3143-4.
24. Kellerman AL. Obstacles to firearm and violence research. Health Aff. 1993; 12:142-53.
25. Coben JH, Dearwater SR. Allegheny County Injury Surveillance System: Injury Mortality and Firearm Injury Incidence, 1994. Pittsburgh, PA: Allegheny County Health Department, 1995.
26. Reiss AJ, Roth JA (eds). Understanding and Preventing Violence. Washington. DC: National Academy Press, 1993.
27. Centerwall B. Race, socioeconomic status and domestic homicide. Atlanta 1971-72. Am J Public Health. 1984; 74:813-5.
28. Centerwall B. Race, socioeconomic status and domestic homicide. JAMA. 1995; 273:1755-7.
29. National Center for Health Statistics. Healthy People 2000 Review, 1993. Hyattsville, MD: Public Health Service, 1994, p 50.
30. Annest JL, Mercy JA, Gibson DR, Ryan GW. National estimates of nonfatal firearm injuries: beyond the tip of the iceberg. JAMA. 1995; 273:1749-54.
31. Max W, Rice D, MacKenzie E. The lifetime cost of injury. Inquiry, 1990; 27:332-43.
32. Max W, Rice DP. Shooting in the dark, estimating the cost of firearm injuries. Health Aff. 1993; 12:171-85.
33. Coben JH, Dearwater SR, Garrison HG, Dixon BW. Evaluation of the emergency department logbook for population-based surveillance of firearm injury. Ann Emerg Med. 1996; 28:188-93.
34. Teret SP, Wintemute GJ, Beilenson PL. The firearm fatality reporting system. A proposal. JAMA. 1992; 267:3073-4.
35. Hargarten SW, Karlson TA, O'Brien MO, et al. Characteristics of firearms involved in fatalities. JAMA. 1996; 275:42-5.
36. Dijkhuis H, Zwerling C, Parish G, et al. Medical examiner data in injury surveillance: a comparison with death certificates. Am J Epidemiol. 1994; 139:637-43.
37. American College of Physicians Position Paper. Preventing firearm violence: a public health imperative. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 122:311-3.
38. Wishner AR, Schwarz DF, Grisso JA, et al. Interpersonal violence-related injuries in an African-American community in Philadelphia. Am J Public Health. 1991; 81:1474-6.