Excess US Firearm Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic Stratified by Intent and Urbanization

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jul 3;6(7):e2323392. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23392.

Authors

Eric W Lundstrom¹, Caroline P Groth¹, James E Harrison², Brian Hendricks¹, Gordon S Smith¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
² College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study used time series forecasting to estimate excess firearm mortality in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Firearms*
Humans
Pandemics
Urbanization
Wounds, Gunshot* / epidemiology