Title: Firearm and nonfirearm homicide among persons 15 through 19 years of age: differences by level of urbanization, United States, 1979 through 1989.

POPLINE Document Number: 237631

Author(s):

Fingerhut LA
Ingram DD
Feldman JJ

Source citation:

JAMA, 1992 Jun 10;267(22):3,048-53.

Abstract:

Trends in firearm and non-firearm homicide rates in U.S. urban areas are analyzed for the period 1979-1989 using data from the Compressed Mortality File maintained by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). "Large urbanization differentials in firearm homicide and smaller differentials in nonfirearm homicide are identified. Firearm homicide rates are highest and increasing the fastest among black teenage males in the core, fringe, and medium metropolitan strata." (EXCERPT)

Keywords:

United States
Homicide
Differential Mortality
Urban Population
Blacks
Adolescents
Causes of Death
Men
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
Crime
Social Problems
Mortality
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Population Characteristics
Ethnic Groups
Cultural Background
Youth
Age Factors