ArticleAmerican journal of public health2018
The Effect of the Australian National Firearms Agreement on Suicide and Homicide Mortality, 1978-2015.
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- A critical Response to "How firearm legislation impacts firearm mortality", A focused look at Canadian and Australian evidence.Health policy OPEN · 2025Article
- How firearm legislation impacts firearm mortality internationally: A scoping review.Health policy OPEN · 2024Article
- Mass homicide by firearm in Canada: Effects of legislation.PloS one · 2023Article
- Worldwide suicide mortality trends by firearm (1990-2019): A joinpoint regression analysis.PloS one · 2022Article
- Method-Specific Suicide Mortality Trends in Australian Men from 1978 to 2017.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Trends in Suicide Mortality by Method from 1979 to 2016 in Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the impact of the Australian National Firearms Agreement (NFA) on suicide and assault mortality.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective cross-sectional difference-in-difference study of the impact of the NFA on national mortality rates in the Australian population from 1961 to 2015.
resultsThe NFA had no additional statistically observable impact on firearm-related suicides in women (P = .09) and was associated with a statistically significant increase in the trend in men (P < .001). Trends in non-firearm-related suicide deaths declined by 4.4% per year (95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.1%, 4.8%) in men after the introduction of the NFA and increased in women by 0.3% (95% CI = 0.1%, 0.7%). Trends in non-firearm-related homicides declined by 2.2% per year (95% CI = 1.5, 3.8%) in women and 2.9% per year (95% CI = 2.0%, 3.7%) in men after the introduction of the NFA, with a statistically significant improvement in trends for women (P = .04) but not for men (P = .80).
conclusionsThe NFA had no statistically observable additional impact on suicide or assault mortality attributable to firearms in Australia.
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