Abstract

Background

Firearm injury is a significant public health concern in the United States.

Methods

Data on fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries were obtained from a cohort of N = 7,473,650 members of Kaiser Permanente Southern California, a large integrated healthcare system between 2010 and 2020. Age-adjusted rates of combined fatal and nonfatal firearm injury per 100,000 members were calculated by year, with the 2010 US census as the reference population. Trends were evaluated using Poisson or negative binomial regression.

Results

There was an increasing trend in overall firearm injuries between 2010 and 2020 among adults in this large integrated healthcare system (p < .0001), primarily driven by non-self-inflicted firearm injuries (p < .0001). Self-inflicted injuries decreased during this time (p = .01). Injuries among youth showed no significant change.

Conclusion

There was an increasing trend in firearm injuries between 2010 and 2020 among adults in this large integrated healthcare system, primarily driven by non-self-inflicted firearm injuries; however, self-inflicted injuries decreased during this time. Injuries among youth showed no significant change.

Details

Title
Trends in firearm injury in a southern California health care system from 2010 to 2020
Author
Sidell, Margo; Negriff, Sonya; Koebnick, Corinna; Grant, Deborah Ling; Nau, Claudia; Zhou, Hui; Hechter, Rulin
Pages
1-5
Section
Research
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
14712458
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17116-2
ProQuest document ID
2890068105
Copyright
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