Tag: Gun Violence

Findings based on large-scale machine learning analysis of individual-level handgun transaction records

Similar patterns seen for Social Vulnerability Index themes of socioeconomic status and housing type and transportation

Authors say findings highlight need to screen all teens for suicide risk and access to firearms

When probability of suicide attempt increases, gun owners may be less likely to endorse survey items about passive, active suicidal ideation

Largest increases seen among non-Hispanic Black males aged 10 to 44 years and in American Indian, Alaska Native males aged 25 to 44 years

Hospital costs for firearm injuries in the United States totaled $7.8 billion over 10 years; government insurance programs covered 42 percent of the costs

Significant increases seen especially among rural, White, and higher-income adolescents

Of homicides occurring at home, sevenfold increased risk for being fatally shot by spouse, partner seen for cohabitants of gun owners

Increases in substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders, pain diagnoses, health care use and spending seen in survivors

While more adults do report safe storage than in 2015, the trend is offset by overall increase in gun ownership