Income inequality and firearm homicide in the US: a county-level cohort study

Income inequality has been rising in the US and thought to be associated with violence especially homicide. About 75% of homicides involve firearms. We quantified the association between county-level income inequality and all-race/ethnicity and race/ethnicity-specific firearm homicide rates among in...

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Published in:	Injury prevention Vol. 25; no. Suppl 1; pp. i25 - i30
Main Authors:	Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali, Quistberg, Duane Alexander, Morgan, Erin R, Hajat, Anjum, Rivara, Frederick P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.09.2019
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult African Americans Age Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data Criminal investigations Criminal statistics Ethnicity Family income Female Firearms Firearms - statistics & numerical data Hispanic people Homicide Homicide - economics Homicide - psychology Homicide - statistics & numerical data Humans Income Income inequality Male Market entry Nonviolence Ownership - economics Ownership - statistics & numerical data Population Presidential elections Public health Relative deprivation Robbery Social capital Social Determinants of Health Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomics Spatial analysis Underserved populations United States - epidemiology Variables Violence - statistics & numerical data Violent crime Young Adult United States United States > US income inequality race African-American firearms homicide
ISSN:	1353-8047, 1475-5785, 1475-5785
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