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From past to present: A comparison of interpersonal firearm violence between historically graded neighborhoods of Kansas City

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Interpersonal firearm violence (IFV) has been connected to the structural racism of redlining. We explored the relationship between historic redlining and IFV with population-level factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of IFV within historically graded neighborhoods was performed, and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) between these neighborhoods and the rate of IFV were modeled with a Poisson regression model. RESULTS: Comparing redlined to non-redlined neighborhoods, the IRRs adjusted for income was 14.9 (p < 0.0001), adjusted for poverty was 14.4 (p < 0.0001), adjusted for uninsured was 15.6 (p < 0.0001), and adjusted for IFV-related mortality was 26.05 (p < 0.0001). After county adjustment, every one unit increase in logarithm of income decreases the IFV rate by 64.7 % (p < 0.0001), whereas every one percent increase of poverty and uninsured, increases the IFV rates by 4.1 % (p < 0.0001) and 3.05 % (p < 0.0002), respectively. CONCLUSION: Historically redlined communities have higher rates of IFV in Kansas City, Kansas.

Source: The American Journal of Surgery

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2025.116287

Authors: Terra M. Hill, Lauren T. Kerivan, Milind Phadnis, Christopher A. Guidry, Robert D. Winfield

Institution: University of Kansas Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Gun Ownership and Violence Research

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,830