These injuries have a tremendous impact on our society in terms of morbidity, cost of medical care, and long-term disability, especially associated with head and spinal cord injuries. We are currently collecting information on method of transport to the ED, demographic characteristics of the injured person, type of injury, primary body part affected, hospitalization, intent of injury, victim-offender relationship, type of firearm used, and other circumstances about the injury incident. This continuous data collection is active. Public use files are not available yet.
Data are available in statistical reports for the first year of the study.