Associations between Gun Ownership and Firearm Homicide Rates in US States.
Bayesian statistics
Firearm deaths
Gun violence
Homicide
United States
Journal
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
ISSN: 1468-2869
Titre abrégé: J Urban Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9809909
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2023
08 2023
Historique:
accepted:
27
04
2023
medline:
24
8
2023
pubmed:
30
6
2023
entrez:
29
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The United States combine high rates of firearm homicides with high gun prevalence. In the past, a significant positive association was found between the two. This study revisits the gun prevalence-gun homicide debate using more elaborate estimates of gun ownership for the 50 States. Longitudinal data (1999-2016) were analysed with Bayesian multilevel Gamma-Poisson models. The results demonstrated a very small positive association that diminished after adjusting for crime rates. Findings suggest that the association either attenuated in more recent years, or previous studies had overestimated this association.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37386342
doi: 10.1007/s11524-023-00734-x
pii: 10.1007/s11524-023-00734-x
pmc: PMC10447772
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
651-656Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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