Homicide in Alabama: An analysis of urban, suburban and rural murders in the deep south

Differences in incidence of injury between rural and urban children in Canada and the USA: a systematic review

“…Thompson35 reported a higher suicide rate (RR=1.86) for rural boys to urban ones but no differences among girls. Regarding homicides/assaults, there was inconsistency in results among six studies29 31 44 46 48 50 ranging from RR=0.05 to 1.81. Child abuse was reported in three studies49 50 53 with inconsistency in results ranging from RR=0.56 to 1.82.…”

“…Rural/urban areas were classified by participants' residential area (31 studies), school areas,20 22 25 location of injury occurrence (on MVC injury28 33 36 41 and on firearm injury37 42) or location of hospitals (sport-related injury39). Definitions and categories of rural/urban areas varied across studies: the number of rural/urban categories included two categories (26 studies), three–five categories4 17 20 21 23 25–27 29 34 38 42–45 and 10 categories37 (King et al 43 applied two categories as well as four categories). Most of the study participants were children under 17–20 years of age (21 studies), children under 15,26 27 29 30 36 40 41 45–47 mostly teenagers,20–23 25 48 young children43 49 and children excluding young children 34 39.…”

“…Eleven studies4 21 29 35 44 46 48–50 52 53 reported on intentional injury and the main results are illustrated by subgroup (figure 3). As with overall intentional injury, Hammig and Weatherly46 described lower risk of injury for rural children (RR=0.5).…”

“…Fifteen studies4 17 20 21 23 25–27 29 34 37 38 42–44 provided rural–urban category-specific injury rates for more than two urban–rural categories (Web Only file #2). All except two studies23 29 demonstrated that rural–urban disparity was generally or consistently intensified when comparing more extreme rural and urban areas.…”

Shotgun shooting in northern India—a review (1980–1999)

“…Karger et al [15] from Germany found that among the hunting firearm injuries, nearly two-third were caused by pellets from a shotgun. In Alabama (America), hunting is popular and hardly a family is without a hunting weapon [16]. Despite the fact that in India hunting of wild animals is strictly prohibited under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and its subsequent amendments in 1986 and 1991 [17], the people of the state continually hunting the wild animals illegally for wildlife product, such as fur/skin, horn, bone, feather, nails, ivory, antlers, claw, meat, various marine products and medical plants, etc.…”