ContextAdverse drug events are common and often preventable causes of medical injuries.
However, timely, nationally representative information on outpatient adverse drug events is …

Objective This paper examines the epidemiology of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in the
United States. Trends over two decades in homicide, assault, self-directed and unintentional …

Abstract Analysis of a chronological trend in data from the second National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey indicated that average blood lead levels in the United States …

Data from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey showed that 22 per
cent of persons six months through 74 years old had blood lead levels under 10 μg per …

Background Among the victims of floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes, there is an increased
prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, which are risk factors for …

Abstract Problem/Condition: Each year in the United States, an estimated one in six
residents requires medical treatment for an injury, and an estimated one in 10 residents …

Objective.—To describe the magnitude and characteristics of nonfatal firearm-related
injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States and to compare …

Timothy F. Jones, MD, Nashville, TN Rima F. Khabbaz, MD, Atlanta, GA Dennis G. Maki, MD,
Madison, WI Patricia Quinlisk, MD, MPH, Des Moines, IA Patrick L. Remington, MD, MPH …

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among persons aged 10–24 years in the
United States and accounted for 5,178 deaths in this age group in 2012 (1). Firearm …

The mission of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to create the expertise,
information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health–through …