<p>Missouri homicide rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023), spiking in 2022. Data obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database showed from 2018 to 2023, Black/African American American youth experienced the most firearm-related homicides before and during the pandemic. This study also found demographic differences between youth firearm suicide and homicide rates in Missouri.</p>

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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in suicide and homicide by firearm rates in Missouri

  • Samuel Kim,
  • Rithvik Talluri,
  • Audrey Yu,
  • Megan Evans,
  • Apurva Bhatt

摘要

Missouri homicide rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023), spiking in 2022. Data obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database showed from 2018 to 2023, Black/African American American youth experienced the most firearm-related homicides before and during the pandemic. This study also found demographic differences between youth firearm suicide and homicide rates in Missouri.