×
ADVERTISEMENT

MAY 5, 2017

Researchers Find Racial Disparity In Philadelphia Gun Violence

By Carina Elfving

Even though gun violence results in higher rates of injury and death in the United States than other developed countries, there is a lack of public health research targeted at understanding and preventing this phenomenon.

Based on recent findings showing that in Philadelphia, there is a much stronger association between gun-related murders and injuries and race than with neighborhood income levels, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of