• Connecticut medicine · Apr 2008

    Violent death in Connecticut, 2001 to 2004.

    • Kevin Borrup, Erica S Gelven, H Wayne Carver, Leonard Banco, and Garry Lapidus.
    • Violence Prevention Program, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Injury Prevention Center, Hartford, USA.
    • Conn Med. 2008 Apr 1; 72 (4): 197-201.

    AbstractWe reviewed medical examiner, law enforcement, crime laboratory data, and death certificates on all 1,530 violent deaths (homicide, suicide, undetermined firearm) in Connecticut occurring from 2001-2004. There was an average of 383 deaths (rate = 11.2 deaths per 100,000 persons annually). Overall, males aged 20 to 29 were at the greatest risk of violent death (rate = 30.5/100,000). Of all violent deaths 72% were suicides and 28% were homicides. Firearms were used in 33% of suicides and 58% of homicides. The rate of violent death is lower than most other states in the country. In Connecticut suicide is the leading cause of violent death overall; however, in areas characterized by the highest levels of poverty and lowest levels of education, homicide is the leading cause of violent death.

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