Title: Hidden Homicide Increases in the USA, 1999-2005

Publication Date: June 2008

What does it say?

From 1999-2005, the firearm homicide rate for men ages 25-44 increased by a third in counties of 1 million or more population in urban and sub-urban metropolitan counties in the United States.  The rate increased 31 percent for African-American men and 12 percent for white men.   The overall national homicide trend has appeared stable during this time period.  This study uncovers troubling trends for the demographic subgroup of men ages 25-44 in large cities and suburbs. 

How can I use it?

This article can be used to educate elected officials, reporters, and community leaders that easy access to guns by dangerous people remains a high priority problem, despite relatively low national homicide rates.

Citation

Guoquing Hu, Daniel Webster, and Susan P. Baker, "Hidden Homicide Increases in the USA, 1999-2005," Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2008.

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