Unintentional firearms mortality disparities across states-USA, 2001-2021.
David C SchwebelPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2024)
Large disparities exist across the 50 US states in unintentional firearms mortality. Crude rates in the most afflicted states are ~10 times those in the least afflicted states. Nationwide, over 12 000 lives were lost to unintentional firearms mortality between 2001 and 2021. Factors that create disparities are multifaceted and include rurality, poverty and firearms ownership.