Alaska Trauma Registry: Trauma Admissions Involving Firearms, 2009-2014

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Alaska Trauma Registry: Trauma Admissions Involving Firearms, 2009-2014

Parker, Khristy

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6511

Date: 2016-04-01

Source: AJSAC Fact Sheet

Publisher: Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage

Subject: Alaska ; firearms ; injury ; trauma ; violence

Type: Article

Table of Contents: Trauma admissions / Firearms-related admissions / Firearms-related trauma admissions by gender / Firearms-related trauma admissions by age / Injury mechanism / Summary / Notes

Abstract:

This fact sheet presents data from the Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR) on characteristics of trauma admissions for the period 2009–2014 for injuries for which a firearm was the main mechanism of injury. The Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR) is an active surveillance system that collects data pertaining to hospitalizations of the most seriously injured patients in Alaska.

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