TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Firearm mortality among persons aged 1 to 34
JO  - Statistical Bulletin : SB
SP  - 2
EP  - 11
VL  - 72
IS  - 4
N2  - Firearms claim more than 30,000 lives each year in the United States. In 1988 more than half of these deaths were among ages 1-34, with firearms accounting for 15 percent of all deaths in this age group. Total firearm deaths, as well as firearm homicide rates, have been increasing since 1984, taking a disproportionate toll on America's minority youth. The firearm homicide rate among all adolescents aged 15-19 rose 67 percent between 1984 and 1988. Among blacks aged 15-24, the firearm homicide rate was 72.0 per 100,000 during 1986-88 versus 8.1 among white males of this age. Geographic differences also exist, with Texas, California and New York leading in firearm homicides among white males aged 15-24, and Michigan, D.C., and California leading among blacks of this age.
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SN  - 0741-9767
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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