[HTML][HTML] Surveillance for violent deaths—National Violent Death Reporting System, 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2021

BL Nguyen - MMWR. Surveillance Summaries, 2024 - cdc.gov
Abstract Problem/Condition: In 2021, approximately 75,000 persons died of violence-related
injuries in the United States. This report summarizes data from CDC's National Violent Death …

Four Defining Health Issues of the 2024 Presidential Election

A Parekh - JAMA, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Althoughtheeconomyandnationalsecuritywil… attract the most attention in the upcoming
2024 presidential election, polling suggests that health issues will also continue to be very …

Bridging the sociopolitical divide: Transforming efforts to prevent firearm suicide.

RB Lemle - American Psychologist, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Firearm-related suicide represents a significant public health concern in the United States,
contributing to 55% of the approximately 49,000 suicide fatalities recorded in 2022 …

Special Report from the CDC: Suicide rates, sodium nitrite-related suicides, and online content, United States

KA Mack, W Kaczkowski, S Sumner, R Law… - Journal of safety …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background: In 2022, suicide ranked as the 11th leading cause of death in the United States
with 49,513 deaths. Provisional mortality data from 2022 indicate a 2.8% increase in the …

[HTML][HTML] Firearm Storage Behaviors—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Eight States, 2021–2022

NW Friar - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2024 - cdc.gov
Secure firearm storage might help reduce access by children and other unauthorized users
and the related risk for injury or death. Information about state-specific prevalence of firearm …

Spatial Analysis of Social Vulnerability and Firearm Injury EMS Encounters in King County, Washington, 2019-2023

P Esie, J Liu, K Brownson, AJ Poel, M Ta… - Public Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: In the United States, firearm injuries disproportionately occur in low-income
communities and among racial and ethnic minority populations. Recognizing these patterns …

Social isolation and firearm secure storage in the USA: results from the 2022 BRFSS

A Testa, D Semenza, DB Jackson, K Fu… - Injury …, 2024 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Firearm secure storage (ie, storing firearms unloaded and locked) is
recommended to reduce unintentional injuries and suicides. However, the relationship …