Willie, Tiara C. Kershaw, Trace Perler, Rachel Caplon, Amy Katague, Marina Sullivan, Tami P.
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Injury Epidemiology
Background Comprehensive state firearm policies related to intimate partner violence (IPV) may have a significant public health impact on non-lethal IPV-related injuries. Research indicates that more restrictive firearm policies may reduce risk for intimate partner homicide, however it is unclear whether firearm policies prevent or reduce the risk ...
Scott, Erika Hirabayashi, Liane Graham, Judy Krupa, Nicole Jenkins, Paul
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Injury Epidemiology
Background While statistics related to occupational injuries exist at state and national levels, there are notable difficulties with using these to understand non-fatal injuries trends in agriculture, forestry, and commercial fishing. This paper describes the development and testing of a crosswalk between ICD-10-CM external cause of injury codes (E...
Pear, Veronica A. Wright, Mona A. Shev, Aaron B. Wintemute, Garen J. Kagawa, Rose M. C.
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundThe prevalence and characteristics of handgun purchasers’ criminal charge histories have never been described for a large population of firearm owners, but such information is critical to understanding risk factors for subsequent violence in this population. We sought to characterize legal handgun purchasers in California and compare this...
Shawon, Riffat Ara Adhia, Avanti DeCou, Christopher Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundNearly 1800 homicides were reported in 2018 among individuals aged 60 years or older in the US. The characteristics and circumstances of these homicides are understudied. We investigated the trends of homicides over time and compared victim, perpetrator, and incident characteristics by mechanism (firearm vs. non-firearm) among adults aged...
Sebastião, Yuri V. Metzger, Gregory A. Chisolm, Deena J. Xiang, Henry Cooper, Jennifer N.
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundWe aimed to estimate the impact of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) coding transition on traumatic injury-related hospitalization trends among young adults across a geographically and demographically diverse group of U.S. states.MethodsInterrupted time series analyses were con...
Reeping, Paul M. Morrison, Christopher N. Rudolph, Kara E. Goyal, Monika K. Branas, Charles C.
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundDue to the differences in the way gun law permissiveness scales were created and speculation about the politically motivated underpinnings of the various scales, there have been questions about their reliability.MethodsWe compared seven gun law permissiveness scales, varying by type and sources, for an enhanced understanding of the extent...
Nomura, Shuhei Kawashima, Takayuki Yoneoka, Daisuke Tanoue, Yuta Eguchi, Akifumi Gilmour, Stuart Hashizume, Masahiro
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundIn Japan, the latest estimates of excess all-cause deaths through January to July 2020 showed that the overall (direct and indirect) mortality burden from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan was relatively low compared to Europe and the United States. However, consistency between the reported number of COVID-19 deaths and exc...
Piatt, Joseph
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundIn the United States social disparities in health outcomes are found wherever they are sought, and they have been documented extensively in trauma care. Because social factors cannot cause a trauma outcome directly, there must exist mediating causal factors related to the nature and severity of the injury, the robustness of the victim, ac...
Hansen, Anna Slavova, Dessi Cooper, Gena Zummer, Jaryd Costich, Julia
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts are increasing problems among American adolescents. This study developed a definition for identifying intentional self-harm (ISH) injuries in emergency department (ED) records coded with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes. The defin...
Ali, Solomon Destaw, Zelalem Misganaw, Awoke Worku, Asnake Negash, Legesse Bekele, Abebe Zergaw, Ababi Walker, Ally Odell, Chris Naghavi, Mohsen
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Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundMortality caused by injuries is increasing and becoming a significant global public health concern. Limited evidence from Ethiopia on road traffic, unintentional and intentional injuries indicate the potential public health impact of problems resulting from such injuries. However, there is a significant evidence gap about the actual natio...
