@article{ref1,
title="Emergency department visits for firearm-related injuries among youth in the United States, 2006-2015",
journal="Journal of law, medicine and ethics",
year="2020",
author="Yu, James B. and Lee, Victor and Park, Henry S. and Jairam, Vikram and Camp, Catherine",
volume="48",
number="Suppl 4",
pages="67-73",
abstract="Firearm injuries are a significant public health problem. Prior studies have analyzed firearm death data or adult firearm injury data, but few studies have  analyzed firearm injury data specifically among youth. To inform the current debate  surrounding gun policy in the United States, this study aims to provide an estimate  of the immense burden of youth firearm injury and its associated risk factors. Therefore, we performed a descriptive analysis of the Nationwide Emergency  Department Sample (NEDS), the largest all-payer emergency department database in the  United States, from January 2006 to September 2015. All patients age < 21 who  presented with any diagnosis of firearm-related injuries were included.There were an  estimated 198,839 incidents of firearm-related emergency department visits for  patients age < 21 from 2006 through 2015. After presenting to the ED, an estimated  11,909 cases resulted in death. The population adjusted rate of firearm-related  emergency department visits was highest in the South and Midwest. This study  demonstrates the significant burden of firearm injury among youth. Having a reliable  estimate of the number of children harmed by firearms each year is a critical tool  for policymakers - and may make common-sense gun safety measures more politically  possible.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1073-1105",
doi="10.1177/1073110520979403",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073110520979403"
}