title: Childhood firearms fatalities: the Metropolitan Dade County experience.
abstract: I reviewed the cases of childhood firearms fatalities in the files of the Medical Examiner Department of Metropolitan Dade County, in Miami, Florida. Comparison of cases during the 5-year period from 1966 through 1970 to those during the 5-year period from 1984 through 1988, noting basic epidemiologic parameters, showed that death due to firearms is increasing among children aged 14 years and younger.
authors.affiliation: Dade County Medical Examiner Department, Miami, FL 33136-1133.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Copeland
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality*