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州の銃の安全な保管法と,銃による子供の死亡率
P Cummings1, D C Grossman, F P Rivara
1Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle 98104-2499, USA. peterc@u.washington.edu
JAMA
|October 7, 1997
まとめ
州の安全な保管法により,15歳未満の児童の意図しない銃撃による死亡が大幅に減少しています. これらの銃器の安全対策は,事故による死亡を防ぐのに効果的と思われるが,自殺や殺人への影響は大きくなかった.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 子どもの安全 子どもの安全
背景:
- 1989年以来制定された州法では,銃の所有者が,未監の児童が銃に触れる場合の責任を問われている.
- これらの銃器安全法が子供の死亡率に与える影響は,依然としてほとんど不明です.
研究 の 目的:
- 州の銃器の安全保管法と銃器による子供の死亡率の減少との関連を調査する.
- 安全な銃器保管を義務付ける法律が,銃器関連による子供の死亡率の減少と相関するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 1979年から1994年までの銃による死亡率データを分析した生態学的な研究.米国の50州とコロンビア州全域.
- 15歳未満の子供に焦点を当てて,意図しない死,自殺,殺人などを調査した.
- 国内動向に調整した州内比較を用いた.
主要な成果:
- 少なくとも1年間 (1990年-1994年) 安全な保管法を持つ12の州では,15歳未満の児童の意図しない銃撃による死亡が23%減少しました.
- 銃による非意図的な死亡の減少は統計的に有意であった (95%CI,6-37%).
- 銃器関連の殺人や自殺は,控えめで有意な減少が見られた.
結論:
- 安全な銃器保管を促進する州法は,幼児の意図しない銃撃による死亡を防ぐのに有効である.
- 証拠によると,安全な保管法を通じて,銃器を子供たちにアクセスしやすさを減らすことは,命を救うことができます.
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