Firearm Injury Surveillance Study, 1993-2003 [United States]

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Label

Firearm Injury Surveillance Study, 1993-2003 [United States]

Statement of responsibility

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Handguns
• Statistics
• Firearms
• Product safety
• Medical care
• Public safety
• Nonfatal injuries
• Public health
• Accidents

Genre

• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

These data were collected using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), the primary data system of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC began operating NEISS in 1972 to monitor product-related injuries treated in United States hospital emergency departments (EDs). In June 1992, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, established an interagency agreement with CPSC to begin collecting data on nonfatal firearm-related injuries in order to monitor the incidents and the characteristics of persons with nonfatal firearm-related injuries treated in United States hospital EDs over time. This dataset represents all nonfatal firearm-related injuries (i.e., injuries associated with powder-charged guns) and all nonfatal BB and pellet gun-related injuries reported through NEISS from 1993 through 2003. The cases consist of initial ED visits for treatment of the injuries. Cases were reported even if the patients subsequently died. Secondary visits and transfers from other hospitals were excluded. Information is available on injury diagnosis, firearm type, use of drugs or alcohol, criminal incident, and locale of the incident. Demographic information includes age, sex, and race of the injured person.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04353

Member of

• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) Series
• ICPSR (Series), 4353

Additional physical form

Also available as downloadable files.

Cataloging source

ICPSR

Characteristic

combination

Date time place

Start: 1993; and end: 2003

Funding information

United States Department of Health and HumanServices. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

Geographic coverage

United States.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

• ICPSR
• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System NEISS Series

Series volume

• 4353
• 4353

Target audience

specialized