TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Seasonality of Child Homicide
JO  - Journal of pediatrics
A1  - Laskey, Antoinette L.
A1  - Thackeray, Jonathan D.
A1  - Grant, Sophia R.
A1  - Schnitzer, Patricia G.
SP  - 144
EP  - 147.e1
VL  - 157
IS  - 1
N2  - <p>OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is seasonal variation (by season and month of year) in homicides among young children. STUDY DESIGN: Homicide deaths in children </=5 years (n = 797), as identified in death certificates from 5 states (Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Washington), were analyzed for a seasonality effect in the years 1999-2006. Season and month of calendar year were used as categorical variables. A chi(2) goodness of fit test was used to compare observed and expected proportions of homicides for the entire population. Stratified analyses of children dying before age 2 years and those dying between 2 and 5 years of age were also conducted. RESULTS: The occurrence of homicide was proportional to the time interval in each category (P = .05). For the total population, there was no statistically significant variation between the expected and observed percentage of homicides by either season or month of calendar year (P = .46 and P = .74, respectively). For the stratified analyses, there was no statistically significant variation between expected and observed percentages of homicides by either season or month of calendar year for either population. CONCLUSION: There is no seasonality to child homicides by month of year or season of year among young children in the examined population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3476
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.013
ID  - ref1
ER  -