Firearm-Related Injury and Death in North Carolina: Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author:

Lautenschlager Ty1,Geary Shana1,Waller Anna2

Affiliation:

1. NC Department of Health and Human Services

2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts on the health and well-being of North Carolinians, including injury and violence. Firearm purchases surged and, as the pandemic evolved, North Carolinians experienced increases in firearm-related deaths and injuries. This paper describes firearm injuries and deaths in the state from 2017 to 2021.

Publisher

North Carolina Institute of Medicine

Subject

General Medicine

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