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Firearm Background Checks and Suicide*
A popular proxy for gun ownership is the fraction of suicides from firearms. This has made identifying the causal effect of guns on suicide difficult. In this article, firearm background checks are used as a proxy for changes in gun ownership rates, allowing the effect of guns on suicide to be identified. The results from panel data regressions show that increases in firearm background checks r...
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Rates of suicide among veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) rose significantly from 2005 to 2007, adding to existing concerns about veteran suicide risk by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This paper summarizes the available data about risk and rates of suicide in veterans, including the choice of appropriate comparison groups and the identification ...
متن کاملFirearm legislation reform in the European Union: impact on firearm availability, firearm suicide and homicide rates in Austria.
BACKGROUND The availability of firearms in homes and at aggregate levels is a risk factor for suicide and homicide. One method of reducing access to suicidal means is the restriction of firearm availability through more stringent legislation. AIMS To evaluate the impact of firearm legislation reform on firearm suicides and homicides as well as on the availability of firearms in Austria. MET...
متن کاملFirearm availability and unintentional firearm deaths, suicide, and homicide among 5-14 year olds.
BACKGROUND In the United States, only motor vehicle crashes and cancer claim more lives among children than do firearms. This national study attempts to determine whether firearm prevalence is related to rates of unintentional firearm deaths, suicides, and homicides among children. METHODS Pooled cross-sectional time-series data (1988-1997) were used to estimate the association between the ra...
متن کاملVeteran status of suicide victims in Rhode Island, 2005-2009.
INTRODUCTION Suicide remains a leading cause of mortality in the United States. It is the tenth leading cause of death overall and the fourth leading cause of death for persons aged 18-65. Rhode Island has historically reported lower rates of suicide than the nation as whole but the number of suicides steadily increased during the years 2005-2010 (Figure 1). This resulted in a 2010 population r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterans Studies
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2470-4768
DOI: 10.21061/jvs.18