Hugh Jim Bissle- Gunshot injuries vs. Bicycle injures & Gunshot deaths vs. Bicycle deaths

Hugh Jim Bissle- Gunshot injuries vs. Bicycle injures & Gunshot deaths vs. Bicycle deaths

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/26/1124441/-Gunshot-Injuries-in-America-Parallel-Sales-of-Guns?showAll=yes

The data on gunshot injuries in the US from 1999 to 2009 shows a clear and steady increase in both fatal and non-fatal gunshot injuries, rising from a low of 28,000 fatal gunshot injuries in 1999 to over 31,000 gunshot fatalities in 2009 (the last year for which data is available). The data on non-fatal gunshot injuries shows a similar pattern. This same pattern is also observed in the FBI NICS data; from a low of 8.5 million NICS inquires in 2000, steadily increasing to over 16 million inquiries in 2011, almost a doubling of transactions in a little more than ten years. Interestingly, the data on bicycle injuries shows no such trend: both the numbers for fatal and non-fatal bicycle injuries jump around a good deal, without any clear overall increase or decrease. A regression of injuries over time shows that bicycle injuries (both fatal and non-fatal) did not change significantly over time (Beta did not differ significantly from 0), while the variable for both gun injuries (fatal and non-fatal) and gun sales were all increasing significantly over time (Betas differed significantly from 0 and were all positive).



Year - - - Fatal - - - Nonfatal - - - Fatal - - - Nonfatal - - - FBI
Gunshot Gunshot Bicycle Bicycle NICS
Injuries Injuries Injuries Injuries Data
1999 - 28,874 - 800 - 9,138,000

2000 - 28,663 - 740 - 8,543,000

2001 - 29,573 - 63,012 - 792 - 519,424 - 8,910,000

2002 - 30,242 - 58,841 - 767 - 505,233 - 8,454,000

2003 - 30,136 - 65,834 - 762 - 492,900 - 8,481,000

2004 - 29,569 - 64389 - 843 - 490,864 - 8,687,000

2005 - 30,694 - 69,825 - 927 - 481,205 - 8,952,000

2006 - 30,896 - 71,417 - 926 - 466,712 - 10,036,000

2007 - 31,224 - 69,863 - 820 - 495,500 - 11,177,000

2008 - 31,593 - 78,662 - 893 - 494,003 - 12,709,000

2009 - 31,347 - 66,769 - 785 - 519,736 - 14,033,000

2010 - 73,505 - 516,912 - 14,409,000

2011 - 16,454,000