TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Emergency department surveillance for weapon-related injuries--Massachusetts, November 1993-April 1994
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, 
SP  - 160
EP  - 3, 169
VL  - 44
IS  - 9
N2  - During 1992, a total of 37,776 firearm-related deaths occurred in the United States, and in 1991, firearm-related deaths were the leading or second leading cause of injury death in 15 states. Because of limitations in data, however, the epidemiology of nonfatal firearm- and other weapon-related injuries has not been well characterized. To improve characterization of these problems, in 1989, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) began a pilot project to develop the first emergency-department-based statewide Weapon-Related Injury Surveillance System (WRISS) in the United States. All 85 hospital emergency departments in Massachusetts (1990 population: 6,016,425) now participate in this system. This report summarizes results from the first 6 months of statewide reporting (November 1993-April 1994), including previously unavailable statewide morbidity data on gunshot and stabbing injuries.
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -