Medical Economics December 11, 2023
Comparison of UK, Australia, and US show similar mental illness rates but widely disparate gun violence rates
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine conducted a comprehensive analysis of mental illness and gun violence rates in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The findings suggest that gun access is a bigger contributor to gun violence than mental illness.
Published in The American Journal of Medicine, the study found that mental illness rates are strikingly similar across the three countries, with 15.7% in the U.S., 17.6% in Australia, and 13.8% in the U.K. When it comes to gun violence, the U.S. has a much higher rate. In 2021, The United States had 47,286 deaths attributed to gun...
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