>From the report:
(http://aje.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/160/10/929)
"For instance, with homicide, the association may be
related to certain neighborhood characteristics or the
decedent�s previous involvement in other violent or
illegal behaviors. Persons living in high-crime
neighborhoods or involved in illegal behaviors may
acquire a gun for protection. The risk comes not
necessarily from the presence of the gun in the house
but from these types of environmental factors and
exposures."
In other words as opposed to Kellermann's study
(Kellermann, Arthur, et al., "Gun Ownership as a Risk
Factor for Homicide in the Home," New England Journal
of Medicine, October 7, 1993, Vol. 329 No. 15, pp.
1084-91.), this study did not control for whether any
household member was hit or hurt in a fight in the
home (adjusted odds ratio-4.4) or whether any
household member had been arrested (2.5).
--- dr Zox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Guns in Home Increase Danger to Occupants, Survey
> Finds
> 11/5/2004
>
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/
>
> 0,2061,575116,00.html
>
> Having guns in the home increases occupants'
> chances of being killed
> or injured by firearms, according to the Nov. 15
> issue of the Journal
> of American Epidemiology.
>
> The Journal analyzed findings from a survey that
> sought to identify the
> relationships between gun storage practices, types
> of gun, and number
> of guns in the home and risk to occupants.
>
> The survey found that persons with guns in the home
> were more likely to
> die from gun homicides in the home, but that the
> risk varied by age and
> whether victims lived with someone else at the time
> of death.
>
> While the study found that having a gun in the home
> increased the risk
> of firearms homicide and suicide, the effect that
> storage practices and
> types and numbers of guns had on risk was unclear.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
http://aje.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/160/10/929
>
> ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
>
> Guns in the Home and Risk of a Violent Death in the
> Home: Findings from
> a National Study
> Linda L. Dahlberg1�, Robin M. Ikeda2 and
> Marcie-jo Kresnow3
>
> 1 Division of Violence Prevention, National Center
> for Injury
> Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control
> and Prevention,
> Atlanta, GA.
> 2 Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease
> Control and
> Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
> 3 Office of Statistics and Programming, National
> Center for Injury
> Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control
> and Prevention,
> Atlanta, GA.
>
> Data from a US mortality follow-back survey were
> analyzed to determine
> whether having a firearm in the home increases the
> risk of a violent
> death in the home and whether risk varies by storage
> practice, type of
> gun, or number of guns in the home. Those persons
> with guns in the home
> were at greater risk than those without guns in the
> home of dying from
> a homicide in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 1.9,
> 95% confidence
> interval: 1.1, 3.4). They were also at greater risk
> of dying from a
> firearm homicide, but risk varied by age and whether
> the person was
> living with others at the time of death. The risk of
> dying from a
> suicide in the home was greater for males in homes
> with guns than for
> males without guns in the home (adjusted odds ratio
> = 10.4, 95%
> confidence interval: 5.8, 18.9). Persons with guns
> in the home were
> also more likely to have died from suicide committed
> with a firearm
> than from one committed by using a different method
> (adjusted odds
> ratio = 31.1, 95% confidence interval: 19.5, 49.6).
> Results show that
> regardless of storage practice, type of gun, or
> number of firearms in
> the home, having a gun in the home was associated
> with an increased
> risk of firearm homicide and firearm suicide in the
> home.
>
> Key Words: firearms; homicide; suicide; violence;
> wounds and injuries
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