- Nonfatal and Fatal Firearm-Related Injuries�United States, 1993-1997
, MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), Vol. 48, No. 45, November 19, 1999, pp. 1029-1034.
This report focuses on firearm-related injuries from 1993, the year that firearm-related death and injury peaked, to 1997, the latest year for which data are available.
Key Facts:
- The annual nonfatal firearm-related injury rate decreased 40.8%, from a rate of 40.5 per 100,000 in 1993 to 24.0 per 100,000 in 1997.
- Unintentional fatal firearm-related injury rates have declined since 1950.
- Trends in Nonfatal and Fatal Firearm-Related Injury Rates in the United States, 1985-1995
, Darci Cherry, MPH; Joseph L. Annest, PhD; et al, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 32, No. 1, July 1998, pp. 51-59.
This study presents estimates of nonfatal firearm-related injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms during a three-year period (1992-1995). An increase of deaths among males aged 15 years to 24 years old from firearm assaults (from 15.9% in 1993 to 17.5% in 1995) indicates that the lethality of firearm injury is increasing through the use of high-powered, semiautomatic handguns.
Key Facts:
- An estimated 288,500 nonfatal firearm-related injuries were treated in emergency departments between 1992 and 1995.
- For all firearm-related injuries, the estimated percentage of deaths increased from 27.9% in 1993 to 31.6% in 1995.
- National Estimates of Nonfatal Firearm-Related Injuries: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg
, Joseph L. Annest, PhD; James A. Mercy, PhD; et al, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Vol. 273, No. 22, June 14, 1995, pp. 1749-1754.
This study gives national estimates of nonfatal firearm injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms. It also offers a detailed look at the number and characteristics of nonfatal shootings.
Key Fact:
- For every fatal shooting treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments, more than 2.5 nonfatal gun wounds are treated.
