Abstract
Although recently, the crime rate has steadily declined in the USA, most violent incidents continue to involve firearms. Nonfatal firearm-related crime had plummeted since 1993, before increasing in 2005 (Fig. 35.1). Moreover, the prevalent gun availability among civilians raised the incidence of assault (57%), self-inflicted (20%), and unintentional (13%) firearm injuries and they culminated in an extremely high prevalence of gunshot injuries in the United States civilian population [10, 27, 66].
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Spine Trauma |
Subtitle of host publication | Surgical Techniques |
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Pages | 377-397 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783642036934 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine