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Trends in firearm injury in a southern California health care system from 2010 to 2020

Published:2023-11-10 Issue:1 Volume:23 Page:
ISSN:1471-2458
Container-title:BMC Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Public Health

Author:

Sidell Margo,Negriff Sonya,Koebnick Corinna,Grant Deborah Ling,Nau Claudia,Zhou Hui,Hechter Rulin

Abstract

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.

Funder

Kaiser Permanente Office of Community Health

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12889-023-17116-2.pdf

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