Geospatial, racial, and educational variation in firearm mortality in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia, 1990-2015: a comparative analysis of vital statistics data

• Main Authors: Anna J Dare, PhD (Author), Hyacinth Irving, MA (Author), Carlos Manuel Guerrero-López, MSc (Author), Leah K Watson, MSc (Author), Patrycja Kolpak, MSA (Author), Luz Myriam Reynales Shigematsu, PhD (Author), Marcos Sanches, MSc (Author), David Gomez, PhD (Author), Hellen Gelband, MHS (Author), Prabhat Jha, ProfDPhil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Firearm mortality is a leading, and largely avoidable, cause of death in the USA, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. We aimed to assess the changes over time and demographic determinants of firearm deaths in these four countries between 1990 and 2015. Methods: In this comparative ana...