Geographic and Demographic Disparity in Firearm Injury: 33-Year Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Florida Communities
These results suggest that firearm deaths remain a problem in all Florida county communities, while hospitalizations are highly influenced by socioeconomic factors and county size. Heatmaps may inform level I trauma hospitals to implement tailored education for high-risk surrounding communities.
Authors
- Vic Velanovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0133-948X)
- Thomas Herron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-9123)
- José J. Diaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8177-9471)
- Sandra M. Farach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6614-0063)
- Emily C. Coughlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9801-1861)
- Rahul Suresh Mhaskar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3728-6052)
- Steven Lorch
- Jonathan Henning
- Brian Villa
Institutions
- University of South Florida (US)
- Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-01-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001295
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00