(2009) Indicators for firearm‐related injuries, Iowa, 2002‐2006, February 6, 2009. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Firearm‐related hospitalization (10/100,000) and ED visit rates (24/100,000) were greatest in 15‐ to 24‐year‐old males and gradually decreased with age. About 50 percent of firearm‐related hospitalizations were due to suicide attempts (31%) andhomicide/assaults (19%), with the remaining cases due to unintentional injury (40%), undetermined and other (10%).
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Public Health, Injury, firearms |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 31812 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 07 Apr 2020 14:22 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2020 14:22 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/31812 |