Section of Forensic Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, POB 7616, SE-907 12 Umeå, Sweden.
Forensic Sci Int. 2012 Mar 10;216(1-3):12-8. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.08.010. Epub 2011 Sep 9.
This study examined all unintentional firearm fatalities while hunting that occurred in Sweden between 1983 through 2008. The circumstances as well as the impact of the hunter's exam on fatality frequency were analysed. During these 26 years, there were 48 such fatalities, representing 53% of all (n=90) unintentional firearm deaths during the same period. The average annual number of fatalities decreased over the last few decades. Very restrictive firearm legislation in Sweden combined with the introduction of a mandatory hunter's exam since 1985 accounted, at least partly, for this finding. Moose hunting accounted for 46% of the fatalities and small game hunting for the remaining cases. The mean age of the victims was 50 years and 96% of them were males; all shooters were males. During moose hunting, most of the victims were mistaken for game, whereas in small game hunting most of the fatalities were related to falls and improper handling of the weapon. Human error was thus the main cause of these fatalities.
本研究调查了 1983 年至 2008 年期间在瑞典发生的所有狩猎时意外枪支致死事件。分析了这些事件的发生情况以及猎人考试对致死频率的影响。在这 26 年中，共有 48 人因此类事件死亡，占同期所有（n=90）非故意枪支死亡人数的 53%。过去几十年，每年的死亡人数呈下降趋势。瑞典非常严格的枪支立法，加上自 1985 年以来强制要求猎人考试，至少在一定程度上导致了这一发现。麋鹿狩猎占死亡人数的 46%，其余为小型猎物狩猎。受害者的平均年龄为 50 岁，其中 96%为男性；所有的射击者都是男性。在麋鹿狩猎中，大多数受害者被误认为是猎物，而在小型猎物狩猎中，大多数死亡事件与跌倒和不当处理武器有关。因此，人为错误是导致这些死亡事件的主要原因。
