Citation

Branas CC, Wiebe DJ, Schwab CW, Richmond TS. Inj. Prev. 2005; 11(3): 191.

Affiliation

University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/ip.2005.008474

PMID

15933414

PMCID

PMC1730213

Abstract

Globally, up to 270,000 people are killed by firearms in non-conflict related situations each year. The total number of people who are shot is surely larger, probably substantially so, making firearm injuries a leading public health problem around the world. The Americas contend with the highest rates of firearm death in the world and the United States, even with its advanced economic standing, is a major contributor to these high rates. It is thus not surprising that much of the research on firearm injury has been conducted by US investigators.  As a recent example, the US National Academiesâ?? National Research Council report, Firearms and violence: a critical review, reminds us that firearm injury is indeed a substantial public health problem.