Describing Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Pediatric Firearm Injuries

Pediatric firearm injuries and mortality concentrate in states or urban neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, unemployment, racial segregation, family instability, and other measures of social vulnerability; permissive gun laws; and reduced access to quality health care, education, and recreational opportunities. In this issue of Pediatrics, Diaz and colleagues reaffirm these findings with a ZIP code level analysis of pediatric firearm injuries and deaths across the United States and their correlation with a range of neighborhood and state-level factors.