Trapped in Violence: a Life Table Analysis of Firearm Injury and Death Among Adolescent Black Males.

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• Alternative Title:
  The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2024, v. 75, no. 6: Trapped in Violence: a Life Table Analysis of Firearm Injury and Death Among Adolescent Black Males.
• Journal Article:
  The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Harris, Rebecca Arden ; Richmond, Therese S. ; Mandell, David S.
• Description:
  We report the chances of 14-year-old males becoming victims of firearm injury or death before age 25 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  
  Using life table methods, we followed 4,501 Black males aged 14 years, and a comparison group of 1,751 White males, over 11 years.
  
  Among 14-year-old Black males, the risk of a nonfatal firearm injury before age 25 was 10.1% (95% confidence interval, 9.2%-11.0%), the risk of death from firearms was 2.5% (1.7%-3.2%), and the combined risk was 12.5% (11.0%-14.1%). Among White males, the risk of nonfatal firearm injury was 0.8% (0.3%-1.2%), the risk of death was 0.3% (0.02%-0.5%), and the combined risk was 1.0% (0.5%-1.5%).
  
  Risk estimates reveal the dire likelihood of firearm injury or death among Black adolescent males in Philadelphia. Immediate interventions are needed to de-escalate conflicts, provide supports, and address the upstream causes of violence like poverty and structural racism.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Young Adult
  • Black or African American
  • Firearms
  • Homicide
  • Violence
  • White
  • Wounds, Gunshot
• Keywords:
  • Adolescents
  • Black males
  • Cumulative risk
  • Fatal firearm injuries
  • Life table
  • Nonfatal firearm injuries
  • Racial disparity
  • White males
  • Young adults
• Source:
  The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2024, v. 75, no. 6
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.05.021
• ISSN:
  1054-139X ; 1879-1972
• Pubmed ID:
  39066751
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11840806
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  K23 DA054157/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49 CE003083/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Philadelphia
• Pages in Document:
  965-968 (8 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  75
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/262070/cdc_262070_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 75.47 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:49536a91df3895f3e3ddabd130896d6057460706d53178370651a5eda0cfdc1ad4681cc9839f09061871915c9612417c7d20eb6d9b51b5949fd072040cf7a6d3