The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in suicide and homicide by firearm rates in Missouri

Missouri homicide rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2023), spiking in 2022. Data obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database showed from 2018 to 2023, Black/African American American youth experienced the most firearm-related homicides before and during the pandemic. This study also found demographic differences between youth firearm suicide and homicide rates in Missouri.

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BMC Pediatrics
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2025-11-25
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-06340-x
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Gun Ownership and Violence Research
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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in suicide and homicide by firearm rates in Missouri

Apurva Bhatt, Megan Evans, Samuel S. Kim, Rithvik Talluri et al.
BMC Pediatrics
Gun Ownership and Violence Research
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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in suicide and homicide by firearm rates in Missouri

Apurva Bhatt, Megan Evans, Samuel S. Kim, Rithvik Talluri, Audrey Yu
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Abstract

Missouri homicide rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2023), spiking in 2022. Data obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database showed from 2018 to 2023, Black/African American American youth experienced the most firearm-related homicides before and during the pandemic. This study also found demographic differences between youth firearm suicide and homicide rates in Missouri.

BMC PediatricsVol. 25(1)
Stanford Health Care (US), Stanford Medicine (US), University of Missouri–Kansas City (US), Stanford University (US)
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Gun Ownership and Violence Research
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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in suicide and homicide by firearm rates in Missouri — Apurva Bhatt, Megan Evans, et al. · BMC Pediatrics (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS