title: Firearm mortality among persons aged 1 to 34.
abstract: Firearms claim more than 30,000 lives each year in the United States. In 1988 more than half of these deaths were among ages 1-34, with firearms accounting for 15 percent of all deaths in this age group. Total firearm deaths, as well as firearm homicide rates, have been increasing since 1984, taking a disproportionate toll on America's minority youth. The firearm homicide rate among all adolescents aged 15-19 rose 67 percent between 1984 and 1988. Among blacks aged 15-24, the firearm homicide rate was 72.0 per 100,000 during 1986-88 versus 8.1 among white males of this age. Geographic differences also exist, with Texas, California and New York leading in firearm homicides among white males aged 15-24, and Michigan, D.C., and California leading among blacks of this age.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality*