Citation

Branas CC, Flescher A, Formica MK, Galea S, Hennig N, Liller KD, Madanat HN, Park A, Rosenthal JE, Ying J. Am. J. Public Health 2017; 107(3): 365-367.

Affiliation

At the time of writing, Charles C. Branas was with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Andrew Flescher is with the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine Program in Public Health, Stony Brook, NY. Margaret K. Formica is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Central New York Master of Public Health Program, Syracuse. Sandro Galea is with the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Nils Hennig is with the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Graduate Program in Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Karen D. Liller is with the Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa. Hala N. Madanat is with the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, CA. Andrew Park is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City. John E. Rosenthal is with Meredith Management, Newton, MA. Jun Ying is with the Department of Environmental Health, Division of Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Master of Public Health Program, Cincinnati, OH.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2016.303619

PMID

28103062

Abstract

Firearms have been a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States since about the turn of the 20th century. Firearm deaths, including homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings, generally increased from 1900 until the mid-1930s, dipped through the mid-1960s, and rose through the 1990s, reaching a plateau beginning in approximately 2000 that continues to the present. Motor vehicle deaths once far exceeded firearm deaths. However, thanks to investments in research and vehicle and roadway design, motor vehicle deaths have declined substantially and firearm deaths now stand to surpass them. In contrast, there remains a paucity of research about ways in which to mitigate mortality and morbidity caused by firearms. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print January 19, 2017: e1-e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303619).

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