Changes in Shooting Incidence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Between March and November 2020

JAMA. 2021 Apr 6;325(13):1327-1328. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.1534.

Abstract

This study uses police department registry data to describe trends in incidence of firearm shootings and deaths in January-November 2020, before and after the closure of nonessential businesses in March, the killing of George Floyd in May, and the partial lifting of containment policies in June.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19
  • Firearms / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Philadelphia / epidemiology
  • Police
  • Quarantine
  • Registries
  • Wounds, Gunshot / epidemiology*
  • Wounds, Gunshot / mortality