Hugh Jim Bissle- Gunshot injuries vs. Bicycle injures & Gunshot deaths vs. Bicycle deaths

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Hugh Jim Bissle- Gunshot injuries vs. Bicycle injures & Gunshot deaths vs. Bicycle deaths

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/26/1124441/-Gunshot-Injuries-in-America-Parallel-Sales-of-Guns?showAll=yes

The data on gunshot injuries in the US from 1999 to 2009 shows a clear and steady increase in both fatal and non-fatal gunshot injuries, rising from a low of 28,000 fatal gunshot injuries in 1999 to over 31,000 gunshot fatalities in 2009 (the last year for which data is available). The data on non-fatal gunshot injuries shows a similar pattern. This same pattern is also observed in the FBI NICS data; from a low of 8.5 million NICS inquires in 2000, steadily increasing to over 16 million inquiries in 2011, almost a doubling of transactions in a little more than ten years. Interestingly, the data on bicycle injuries shows no such trend: both the numbers for fatal and non-fatal bicycle injuries jump around a good deal, without any clear overall increase or decrease. A regression of injuries over time shows that bicycle injuries (both fatal and non-fatal) did not change significantly over time (Beta did not differ significantly from 0), while the variable for both gun injuries (fatal and non-fatal) and gun sales were all increasing significantly over time (Betas differed significantly from 0 and were all positive).



Year - - - Fatal - - - Nonfatal - - - Fatal - - - Nonfatal - - - FBI
Gunshot Gunshot Bicycle Bicycle NICS
Injuries Injuries Injuries Injuries Data
1999 - 28,874 - 800 - 9,138,000

2000 - 28,663 - 740 - 8,543,000

2001 - 29,573 - 63,012 - 792 - 519,424 - 8,910,000

2002 - 30,242 - 58,841 - 767 - 505,233 - 8,454,000

2003 - 30,136 - 65,834 - 762 - 492,900 - 8,481,000

2004 - 29,569 - 64389 - 843 - 490,864 - 8,687,000

2005 - 30,694 - 69,825 - 927 - 481,205 - 8,952,000

2006 - 30,896 - 71,417 - 926 - 466,712 - 10,036,000

2007 - 31,224 - 69,863 - 820 - 495,500 - 11,177,000

2008 - 31,593 - 78,662 - 893 - 494,003 - 12,709,000

2009 - 31,347 - 66,769 - 785 - 519,736 - 14,033,000

2010 - 73,505 - 516,912 - 14,409,000

2011 - 16,454,000

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1. graham4anything, if we could "fan" people on this site I would fan and....

follow you! This post (and all of your other posts) are great. As usual, thanks for the food for thought.

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2. And that is why the NRA made sure the CDC was banned from research involving guns and gun injuries.

But preventible injuries are a public health concern. It is common for the CDC, our national public health institution, to study injuries such as car accidents, drownings, playground injuries, nursing home falls, and the like to first understand the exact scope of the problem, and to identify rational solutions.

Sadly, where gunshot injuries are concerned, the CDC has been specifically banned by congress (via funding mechanisms) from doing this important and life-saving kind of research. And this ban came after lobbying from the gun industry, which was apparently concerned that this kind of honest review of the facts and data on gun injuries and gun ownership might show guns in a bad light.

Not suprisingly, the CDC is banned from only one type of public health research - and that is research involving guns and gun injuries.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/26/1124441/-Gunshot-Injuries-in-America-Parallel-Sales-of-Guns?showAll=yes