Violence/Injuries

In recent years, electric scooter usage has risen in popularity as a result of how practical and versatile these micromobility devices are, especially in urban settings like college campuses. But along with the increased prevalence of e-scooters has come...

Gun violence is a severe health issue in the United States, drastically contributing to premature death. Statistics show that 42,967 individuals passed away from gun-related injuries in 2023. Gun-related deaths have risen approximately by 43% between 2010...

Gun violence is a public health threat in the United States, claiming nearly 50,000 lives each year. Mass shootings, in particular, arrest our national attention nearly every day on the news, with 636 mass shootings in 2022 alone (according to Everytown...

Artist Clare Morris (2022) Caption There are many social determinants of health influencing suicide risk in college students—economic stability and community support should be identified as two substantial risk factors. Studies have shown that low-income...

Artist Merlin D’souza (2022) Caption Having guns in the home increases your likelihood of dying by suicide and homicide. In the U.S., firearm fatalities are the third leading cause of death in the age range of 0-17 years. 1300 deaths and 5790 injuries are...

According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), sexual assault is very heavily prominent in present day society. In a 2015 NISVS report provided by the NSVRC, 25.5 million women, which accounts for 21.3 % of the female population in the...

In Hong Kong, there were a total of 853 suicide deaths in 2017—approximately 11.5 suicides per 100,000. While people over age 65 constitute the highest-affected age group (24.3 deaths per 100,000), the increasing trend of student suicides is also worrying...

India is the third-largest and fastest growing market for alcoholic beverages. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the consumption of alcohol doubled from 2005 to 2016, going from 2.4 liters of pure alcohol per year to 5.7 liters. While this...

While many of the policy approaches to reducing road traffic deaths and injuries in the Dominican Republic must be pursued at the governmental level, including through improved enforcement of existing traffic laws, the problem can also be addressed by...

Paraguay is the country where I was born and where I lived until I left for college. Finding the statistics about depression and suicidal behavior in teenagers and young adults in my country was shocking for me, since I have never experienced anything...