Lee R K, Burau K, Clanton S
University of Texas School of Nursing, Galveston 77550.
Tex Med. 1991 Apr;87(4):78-83.
Firearm injuries significantly affect mortality rates in many states throughout the United States. We reviewed all deaths due to injuries in all state for 1985 to determine deaths from firearm injury in proportion to deaths from all injuries in each state. We then compared Texas data with those of other states. Death certificate data for Texas from 1976 through 1985 were used to describe Texas firearm mortality rates by age, gender, and race and to compare firearm injury with other causes of mortality in Texas. Texas ranked first among states in the proportion of injury deaths caused by firearms, with an annual firearm death rate of 21.2 per 10,000. Of the 30,906 firearm deaths recorded in Texas during the 10-year study period, 650 involved children. Black males had the highest firearm homicide rate (53.9 per 100,000 per year), and white males had the highest firearm suicide rate (15.7 per 100,000 per year). Firearms accounted for 11% of the total years of productive life lost. The economic cost of firearm deaths in Texas was estimated to be $40.7 billion per year. Strategies for preventing these deaths are discussed.
在美国许多州，枪支伤害对死亡率有显著影响。我们回顾了1985年所有州因伤害导致的死亡情况，以确定每个州枪支伤害死亡人数占所有伤害死亡人数的比例。然后我们将得克萨斯州的数据与其他州的数据进行了比较。利用1976年至1985年得克萨斯州的死亡证明数据，按年龄、性别和种族描述了得克萨斯州的枪支死亡率，并将枪支伤害与得克萨斯州其他死亡原因进行了比较。在因枪支导致的伤害死亡比例方面，得克萨斯州在各州中排名第一，年枪支死亡率为每10000人中有21.2人。在为期10年的研究期间，得克萨斯州记录的30906起枪支死亡事件中，有650起涉及儿童。黑人男性的枪支凶杀率最高（每年每10万人中有53.9人），白人男性的枪支自杀率最高（每年每10万人中有15.7人）。枪支导致的生产性生命损失总年数占11%。得克萨斯州枪支死亡的经济成本估计为每年407亿美元。文中还讨论了预防这些死亡的策略。
