The firearm mortality rate in West Virginia (WV) increased over the past four years and is currently 50% higher than the national rate. These alarming statistics, combined with the urban-to-rural shift in firearm injuries, prompted this 10-year epidemiologic overview. To the best of the authors' knowledge, the current study stands alone as the only report of its kind on firearm injuries in the rural setting of southern WV. Firearm injuries were common in White males within the age range of 20-49 years. Assault, which is typically identified as an urban problem, was found to be the most common injury in the study population. In our data series, injury severity score was the strongest predictor of mortality, followed by self-inflicted cause of injury and trauma to the neck/head region.

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西弗吉尼亚州南部火器伤害的 10 年流行病学概览。

西弗吉尼亚州 (WV) 的枪支死亡率在过去四年中有所上升，目前比全国高出 50%。这些令人震惊的统计数据，加上枪击伤害从城市到农村的转移，促成了这 10 年的流行病学概览。据作者所知，目前的研究是唯一一份关于西弗吉尼亚州南部农村地区枪支伤害的同类报告。枪支伤害在 20-49 岁的白人男性中很常见。通常被认为是城市问题的袭击是研究人群中最常见的伤害。在我们的数据系列中，伤害严重程度评分是死亡率的最强预测因子，其次是自残原因和颈部/头部外伤。