Do Gun-Purchase Waiting Periods Save Lives?

IF 2 3区医学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Health economics Pub Date : 2025-04-20 DOI:10.1002/hec.4970

Grace E Arnold, Mitchell Blaine Priestley

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Abstract

We study the impact of gun-purchase waiting periods on suicide rates using county-level mortality data from 1991-2019. We find that waiting periods are associated with a reduction in both firearm and overall suicide rates of approximately 5% and 2%, respectively. Novelly, we find that counties that are within 50 miles from a state without a waiting period experience no statistically significant reduction in suicides. Our findings reveal that the decrease in suicides under a waiting period is driven by counties that are more than 50 miles from a non-restricted neighboring state.

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枪支购买等待期能拯救生命吗？

我们使用1991-2019年的县级死亡率数据研究了枪支购买等待时间对自杀率的影响。我们发现，等待时间与枪支和总体自杀率分别降低约5%和2%有关。新奇的是，我们发现，在距离没有等待期的州50英里以内的县，自杀率在统计上没有显著下降。我们的研究结果表明，在等待期内自杀率的下降是由距离不受限制的邻近州超过50英里的县推动的。

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来源期刊

Health economics 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

4.80%

发文量

177

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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