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Interpersonal Firearm Injury and Death in Portland, Oregon: 2018 Through 2021.
Lake, Marcy G; Baker-Robinson, William; Harris, Jeffrey R; Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali; Carlson, Kathleen F; Bezruchka, Stephen.
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  • Lake MG; Family Medicine, Northwest Permanente, 500 NE Multnomah Drive, Portland, OR, 97232, USA. marcy.g.lake@kp.org.
  • Baker-Robinson W; School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. marcy.g.lake@kp.org.
  • Harris JR; Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
  • Rowhani-Rahbar A; Department of Health Systems and Populations Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Carlson KF; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Bezruchka S; Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
J Community Health ; 48(3): 450-457, 2023 06.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36617373
The annual number of firearm injuries in Portland, Oregon has been higher in the years since 2020 than in any prior year in the city's history. This descriptive study analyzed data from Gun Violence Archives (GVA) from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021. All incidents in GVA of interpersonal firearm injury that occurred in Portland during this period were analyzed for location, number of people injured or killed, and demographic information for those injured or killed. Comparisons in firearm injury rates were made with Seattle and San Francisco. Interpersonal firearm injuries began to rise after the first COVID-19 case in Oregon; July 2020 had the most injuries in the four-year period. Black men suffered the highest rate of interpersonal fatalities, with more than 11-fold higher rate per 100,000 than White men in every year studied. Portland had a higher rate of total interpersonal firearm injuries and a higher rate of firearm fatalities from 2018 through 2021 compared to Seattle and San Francisco. Neighborhoods near Downtown and those on the Eastside of the city had the highest rates of interpersonal injuries and deaths from firearms, whereas those in the Southwest had the lowest. Defining the burden of disease from interpersonal firearm injuries is a fundamental step in designing future public health research and implementing interventions to curb the trauma brought by interpersonal firearm injury.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Suicide / Wounds, Gunshot / Firearms / COVID-19 Type of study: Screening_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limits: Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: J Community Health Year: 2023 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Netherlands

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Suicide / Wounds, Gunshot / Firearms / COVID-19 Type of study: Screening_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limits: Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: J Community Health Year: 2023 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Netherlands