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Firearm Data & Statistics

In the United States

In Washington State

In Washington Counties

References 

  1. Goldstick JE, Cunningham RM, Carter PM. Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(20):1955-1956. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2201761 
  1. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Reduce firearm-related deaths — IVP‑13. https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/violence-prevention/reduce-firearm-related-deaths-ivp-13/data?group=Age%20group%E2%80%A0%20%C2%A7&from=2018&to=2022&state=United%20States&populations=#edit-submit. Accessed August 27, 2024.  
  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2022 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2022, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10-expanded.html on Aug 27, 2024 6:18:38 PM 
  1. Schaeffer K. Key facts about Americans and guns. Pew Research Center. July 24, 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/24/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/. Accessed August 27, 2024. 
  1. National Instant Criminal Background Check System, Federal Bureau of Investigation. NICS Firearm Checks: Month/Year by State. https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year_by_state.pdf/view. Accessed August 27, 2024. 
  1. Anestis MD, Moceri-Brooks J, Johnson RL, et al. Assessment of Firearm Storage Practices in the US, 2022. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(3):e231447. Published 2023 Mar 1. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1447 
  1. Miller M, Azrael D. Firearm Storage in US Households With Children: Findings From the 2021 National Firearm Survey. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(2):e2148823. Published 2022 Feb 1. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48823 
  1. Schell TL, Peterson S, Vegetabile BG, Scherling A, Smart R, Morral AR. State-Level estimates of household firearm ownership. RAND. 2020. https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL354.html 
  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022]. 

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