RT Journal
A1 Schaechter J, Cosgrove LA, Rathore MH
T1 PRotecting the patient-physician relationship in florida
JF JAMA Pediatrics
JO JAMA Pediatrics
YR 2013
FD April 1
VO 167
IS 4
SP 317
OP 318
DO 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1461
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1461
AB 
More than 128 000 children in Florida live in a home with at least 1 loaded and unlocked firearm.1 In the United States in 2007, 17% of all injury-related pediatric deaths and 25% of deaths among adolescents 15 to 19 years of age were firearm-related deaths.2 In the same year, 177 youths in Florida were killed by firearms.2 US children 5 to 14 years of age have 8 times the firearm suicide rate and 10 times the unintentional firearm death rate of children in comparable high-income nations. For older teens, firearms are the leading method of homicide, which is the second leading cause of death, with suicide being the third leading cause.2 Unintentional firearm fatalities are undercounted, and often the shooter is also a child or other family member.3 In 2010, more than 15 500 children and teens were treated in emergency departments for nonfatal firearm injuries, and 40% required hospitalization.2