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The Firearm Fatality Reporting System: Title and subTitle BreakA Proposal FREE

Stephen P. Teret, JD, MPH; Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH; Peter L. Beilenson, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 1992;267(22):3073-3074. doi:10.1001/jama.1992.03480220091035
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RECOMMENDATION: [R]equire that firearm injuries, in addition to being reportable to the police, be reportable to health departments. Place greater emphasis on coding the type of firearm on the death certificate. Develop a national fatal firearm injury reporting system, comparable to FARS [Fatal Accident Reporting System], with sufficient data for documenting the firearm problem and designing prevention strategies.

—from Cost of Injury in the United States1

Firearms are the vehicle of death for approximately 34 000 people each year in the United States. The estimated lifetime costs for firearm injuries that occurred in 1985 will be $14.4 billion.1 Firearm policy, as expressed most often through legislation, is in part health policy. For groups such as young African-American males, for whom almost half of all deaths are caused by gunfire,2 gun policy may be more influential to their health status than any other form of health policy.

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Rice DP, MacKenzie EJ, et al. Cost of Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress . Atlanta, Ga: Centers for Disease Control; 1989;.
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Fingerhut LA, Kleinman JC, Godfrey E, Rosenberg H.  Firearm mortality among children, youth, and young adults 1-34 years of age: trends and current status, United States, 1979-88. Monthly Vital Statistics Rep . 1991;;39:1-15.
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Boyd JH, Moscicki EK.  Firearms and youth suicide. Am J Public Health . 1986;; 76:1240-1242.
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International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death, Ninth Revision . Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1977;.
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Baker SP, O'Neill B, Ginsberg MJ, Li G. The Injury Fact Book . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1991;.
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Wintemute GJ, Teret SP, Kraus JF, Wright MA, Bradfield G.  When children shoot children: 88 unintended deaths in California. JAMA . 1987;;257:3107-3109.
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Kellermann AL, Reay DT.  Protection or peril? an analysis of firearm-related deaths in the home. N Engl J Med . 1986;;314:1557-1560.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation. Crime in the United States—1987 . Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Dept of Justice; 1988;.
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Rokaw WM, Mercy JA, Smith JC.  Comparing death certificate data with FBI crime reporting statistics on US homicides. Public Health Rep . 1990;;105:447-455.
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Wells JK, Williams AF, Fields M.  Coverage gaps in seat belt use laws. Am J Public Health . 1989;;79:332-333.
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Teret SP, Jones AS, Williams AF, Wells JK.  Child restraint laws: an analysis of gaps in coverage. Am J Public Health . 1986;;76:31-34.
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Wagenaar AC, Webster DW, Maybee RG.  Effects of child restraint laws on traffic fatalities in eleven states. J Trauma . 1987;;27:726-732.
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Baum HM, Wells JK, Lund AK.  Motor vehicle crash fatalities in the second year of 65 mph speed limits. J Safety Res . 1990;;21:1-8.
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Robertson LS.  Risk of fatal rollover in utility vehicles relative to static stability. Am J Public Health . 1989;;79:300-303.
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Robertson LS.  Automobile safety regulations and death reductions in the United States. Am J Public Health . 1981;;71:818-822.
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Fell JC, Klein T. The nature of the reduction in alcohol in US fatal crashes. Warrendale, Pa: Society of Automotive Engineers Inc; 1986. Technical paper series 860038.
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Wright J, Rossi P. Weapons, Crime and Violence in America: Executive Summary . Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, US Dept of Justice; 1981;.
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 National Committee on Injury Prevention and Control. Injury Prevention: Meeting the Challenge . New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1989;.
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Kellermann AL, Lee RK, Mercy JA, Banton J.  The epidemiologic basis for the prevention of firearm injuries. Annu Rev Public Health . 1991;;12:17-40.

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1 +
Rice DP, MacKenzie EJ, et al. Cost of Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress . Atlanta, Ga: Centers for Disease Control; 1989;.
2 +
Fingerhut LA, Kleinman JC, Godfrey E, Rosenberg H.  Firearm mortality among children, youth, and young adults 1-34 years of age: trends and current status, United States, 1979-88. Monthly Vital Statistics Rep . 1991;;39:1-15.
3 +
Boyd JH, Moscicki EK.  Firearms and youth suicide. Am J Public Health . 1986;; 76:1240-1242.
4 +
International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death, Ninth Revision . Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1977;.
5 +
Baker SP, O'Neill B, Ginsberg MJ, Li G. The Injury Fact Book . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1991;.
6 +
Wintemute GJ, Teret SP, Kraus JF, Wright MA, Bradfield G.  When children shoot children: 88 unintended deaths in California. JAMA . 1987;;257:3107-3109.
7 +
Kellermann AL, Reay DT.  Protection or peril? an analysis of firearm-related deaths in the home. N Engl J Med . 1986;;314:1557-1560.
8 +
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Crime in the United States—1987 . Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Dept of Justice; 1988;.
9 +
Rokaw WM, Mercy JA, Smith JC.  Comparing death certificate data with FBI crime reporting statistics on US homicides. Public Health Rep . 1990;;105:447-455.
10 +
Wells JK, Williams AF, Fields M.  Coverage gaps in seat belt use laws. Am J Public Health . 1989;;79:332-333.
11 +
Teret SP, Jones AS, Williams AF, Wells JK.  Child restraint laws: an analysis of gaps in coverage. Am J Public Health . 1986;;76:31-34.
12 +
Wagenaar AC, Webster DW, Maybee RG.  Effects of child restraint laws on traffic fatalities in eleven states. J Trauma . 1987;;27:726-732.
13 +
Baum HM, Wells JK, Lund AK.  Motor vehicle crash fatalities in the second year of 65 mph speed limits. J Safety Res . 1990;;21:1-8.
14 +
Robertson LS.  Risk of fatal rollover in utility vehicles relative to static stability. Am J Public Health . 1989;;79:300-303.
15 +
Robertson LS.  Automobile safety regulations and death reductions in the United States. Am J Public Health . 1981;;71:818-822.
16 +
Fell JC, Klein T. The nature of the reduction in alcohol in US fatal crashes. Warrendale, Pa: Society of Automotive Engineers Inc; 1986. Technical paper series 860038.
17 +
Wright J, Rossi P. Weapons, Crime and Violence in America: Executive Summary . Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, US Dept of Justice; 1981;.
18 +
 National Committee on Injury Prevention and Control. Injury Prevention: Meeting the Challenge . New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1989;.
19 +
Kellermann AL, Lee RK, Mercy JA, Banton J.  The epidemiologic basis for the prevention of firearm injuries. Annu Rev Public Health . 1991;;12:17-40.

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