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World J Transplant. Jun 18, 2025; 15(2): 101986
Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.101986
Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.101986
Table 1 Characteristics of United states population (18-75 years old) who died from firearm and substance abuse during 2014-2021
| Characteristics | Firearm crude rate (per 100000) | Substance abuse crude rate (per 100000) | P value | |
| Race or ethnicity | Hispanic or Latino | 9.3 | 31.6 | < 0.001 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) | 18.6 | 122.0 | ||
| Asian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) | 3.4 | 8.4 | ||
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 33.4 | 46.3 | ||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 13.9 | 54.8 | ||
| Gender | Female | 4.4 | 29.5 | < 0.001 |
| Male | 25.8 | 66.1 | ||
| Census division | Division 1: New England | 6.7 | 58.4 | < 0.001 |
| Division 2: Middle Atlantic | 8.6 | 46.9 | ||
| Division 3: East north central | 15.6 | 53.3 | ||
| Division 4: West north central | 16.3 | 41.0 | ||
| Division 5: South Atlantic | 17.2 | 48.6 | ||
| Division 6: East south central | 24.5 | 53.6 | ||
| Division 7: West south central | 18.8 | 34.6 | ||
| Division 8: Mountain | 19.2 | 58.5 | ||
| Division 9: Pacific | 10.5 | 43.6 | ||
| 2013 Urbanization | Large central metro | 13.5 | 36.6 | < 0.001 |
| Large fringe metro | 11.2 | 36.7 | ||
| Medium metro | 15.0 | 41.7 | ||
| Small metro | 15.4 | 39.4 | ||
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 16.9 | 40.0 | ||
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 19.2 | 37.2 |
- Citation: Dhand R, Okumura K, Nishida S, Dhand A. Rise in deaths from drug overdose and firearm injury during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and its impact on organ transplantation. World J Transplant 2025; 15(2): 101986
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v15/i2/101986.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.101986