Firearm: Firearm Injuries

firearm: Canadian-born males suffered 12.4 such injuries per 100,000 people, 72 per cent higher than the 7.2 among immigrant males between 2008 and 2012, during which almost 1,800 firearm injuries were reported among children and youth in the province, according to Hamilton Spectator. However, the risk of being a victim of intentional firearm assault is 43 per cent higher for refugees, at 4.7 per 100,000 people, than for non-refugees 2.4 per 100,000 people said the study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Based on government health and immigration databases, a team of Toronto researchers found Canadian-born youth, particularly males, have the higher rates of unintentional firearm injuries compared to immigrant youth. Also, immigrant children and youth from Africa are almost three times as likely, and those from Central America are more than four times as likely to be a victim of such targeted firearm assault than their Canadian-born counterparts, said the study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences ICES and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. Natasha Saunders, a pediatrician and associate scientist at Sick Kids. A child or youth injured by a gun each day in this province is staggering, said the study's lead author, Dr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.