TY - JOUR
T1 - Reductions in firearm-related mortality and hospitalizations in Brazil after gun control
AU - De Souza, Maria De Fátima Marinho
AU - Macinko, James
AU - Alencar, Airlane Pereira
AU - Malta, Deborah Carvalho
AU - Neto, Otaliba Libânio De Morais
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - This paper provides evidence suggesting that gun control measures have been effective in reducing the toll of violence on population health in Brazil. In 2004, for the first time in more than a decade, firearm-related mortality declined 8 percent from the previous year. Firearm-related hospitalizations also reversed a historical trend that year by decreasing 4.6 percent from 2003 levels. These changes corresponded with anti-gun legislation passed in late 2003 and disarmament campaigns undertaken throughout the country since mid-2004. The estimated impact of these measures, if they prove causal, could be as much as 5,563 firearm-related deaths averted in 2004 alone.
AB - This paper provides evidence suggesting that gun control measures have been effective in reducing the toll of violence on population health in Brazil. In 2004, for the first time in more than a decade, firearm-related mortality declined 8 percent from the previous year. Firearm-related hospitalizations also reversed a historical trend that year by decreasing 4.6 percent from 2003 levels. These changes corresponded with anti-gun legislation passed in late 2003 and disarmament campaigns undertaken throughout the country since mid-2004. The estimated impact of these measures, if they prove causal, could be as much as 5,563 firearm-related deaths averted in 2004 alone.
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.26.2.575
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.26.2.575
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17339689
AN - SCOPUS:33947323885
SN - 0278-2715
VL - 26
SP - 575
EP - 584
JO - Health Affairs
JF - Health Affairs
IS - 2
ER -