Trends in Firearm Injuries Among Children and Teenagers in the United States

Evaluate the Pattern of Firearm Injuries Based on Gender in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

“…The global research supports that 60% of unintentional accidental cases. 3 Unlike the results of another study the cases of our study showed more deaths in homicidal injuries, which is quite deviate from the referenced studies 16 . The suicidal cases were way less than the homicidal which is a point of exception.…”

“…The incidence of violent deaths specifically the firearm injuries have been increasing commonly and reflecting the worsening conditions of law in the society 3 . These are the common factors in the developing countries.…”

“…There is a constant need of documenting the firearm injuries and fire arm related mortalities which might exclude out the information and discrepancies of available data in the record of health system. According to the "health care utilization project (HCUP)" The medical literature and medical reports on the firearm injuries is too small which need to be collected 12 .…”

Relationships between socioeconomic deprivation and pediatric firearm-related injury at the neighborhood level

“…3 Inequities in the rates and nature of pediatric firearm-related injuries have been demonstrated based on sex, age, race, ethnicity, insurance status, and socioeconomic status (SES). There are much higher rates in males, [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] in older children and adolescents, [4][5][6]9,14,16 and disproportionately higher rates of firearm-and assault-related injury among Black and Hispanic children. 4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The most recent national data suggest that Black children account for 59.6% of all firearm-related hospitalizations and 66.8% of all firearm assault-related hospitalizations despite making up only 12.8% of the population.…”

More Than a Random Act of Violence

“…Although the circumstances behind this case remain unknown, there is strong evidence that gun violence has a disproportionate impact on Black youth in the United States. 2 This disproportionality is partly a direct result of centuries of systemic racism and our societal failure to address racial inequities. When this young man rolled into the trauma bay, it was no surprise to the attending health care team that he was Black-this collective desensitization should be a wake-up call for all of us in health care.…”