Scales of geography, time, and population

The study of violence as a public health problem

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11025947
AutoresDeborah Wallace (0000-0001-9547-3975, Scientific Consulting Group), R Wallace (0000-0003-1097-8507)
Año1998
Volumen88
Número12
Páginas1853-1858
Fecha de publicación1998-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.88.12.1853
PMID9842388
OpenAlexW1995220921
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas6

OBJECTIVES: In this study, data on violent deaths in the Bronx, New York City, from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 censuses were analyzed. METHODS: The incidence and areal density of intentional deaths were mapped by health area. Simple and stepwise regressions between violent death measures and other factors were performed. RESULTS: The incidence of deaths at levels of those in the highest 1970 quintile spread so that by 1990 only 2 areas saw incidences at levels of the lowest 1970 quintile. Overcrowding, socioeconomic status, population, population change, and drug deaths in simple regressions and overcrowding, socioeconomic status, and low-weight births in stepwise regressions correlated significantly with violent death incidence or density. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the spatiotemporal development of violence can contribute to public policy on violence

Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Incidence (geometry) · Injury prevention · Overcrowding · Poison control · Population · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine