Citation

Steinbrook R. JAMA Intern. Med. 2017; 177(3): 316.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut2Editor at Large, JAMA Internal Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8509

PMID

28055039

Abstract

Although mass shootings are horrid events that grip the public attention, they account for relatively few homicides in the United States. Many more people die in everyday shootings in urban areas that may go unnoticed. The victims of firearm homicide are primarily young, male, or black. Of the 10 945 firearm homicides in 2014, 65.8% of the victims were age 15 to 34 years, 84.3% were men, and 57.5% were black...

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