India, April 21 -- A new analysis by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that emergency departments treat a firearm injury every 30 minutes across 10 jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia.
The analysis reviewed ER visits for firearm injuries from January 2018 to August 2023 in nine states-Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia-plus the District of Columbia. Over that five-year span, hospitals reported more than 93,000 such visits, averaging 74 per 100,000 ER visits, or about one every half hour.
The study also found that gun violence follows certain seasonal and temporal patterns. Emergency room visits for firearm injurie...