ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2024
Costs of Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm Injuries in the U.S., 2019 and 2020.
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- Firearm Violence and Health in Policymaker Discourse: Mixed Methods Social Media Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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- Health Care Costs of Firearm Injury Hospital Visits in the US.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Firearm Injuries: Unveiling the Unmatched Healthcare Burden and Costs.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2025Article
- Understanding social and environmental risks of firearm injury using geospatial patterns.Injury · 2025Article
- State-Level Estimates of Nonfatal Firearm Injury Hospitalizations, 2000-2021.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Trends and Disparities in Firearm Injuries Among Emerging Adults: A 15-Year Analysis of Emergency Department Admissions in the U.S.AJPM focus · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionFirearm-related injuries are among the five leading causes of death for people aged 1-44 years in the U.S. The immediate and long-term harms of firearm injuries pose an economic burden on society. Fatal and nonfatal firearm injury costs in the U.S. were estimated providing up-to-date economic burden estimates.
methodsCounts of nonfatal firearm injuries were obtained from the 2019-2020 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Data on nonfatal injury intent were obtained from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - Firearm Injury Surveillance System. Counts of deaths (firearm as underlying cause) were obtained from the 2019-2020 multiple cause-of-death mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System. Analyses were conducted in 2023.
resultsThe total cost of firearm related injuries and deaths in the U.S. for 2020 was $493.2 billion, a 16 percent increase compared with 2019. There are significant disparities in the cost of firearm deaths in 2019-2020, with non-Hispanic Black people, males, and young and middle-aged groups being the most affected.
conclusionsMost of the nonfatal firearm injury-related costs are attributed to hospitalization. These findings highlight the racial/ethnic differences in fatal firearm injuries and the disproportionate cost burden to urban areas. Addressing this important public health problem can help ameliorate the costs to our society from the rising rates of firearm injuries.
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