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. 2024 Oct 1;7(10):e2437644.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.37644.

Economic Cost of US Older Adult Assault Injuries

Cora Peterson  1 , Tadesse Haileyesus  1 , Jeffrey H Herbst  1 , Melissa S Gerald  2 , Curtis Florence  1
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Economic Cost of US Older Adult Assault Injuries

Cora Peterson et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This economic evaluation uses nationwide public health data to evaluate incidence and economic costs of homicides and nonfatal assault injuries among US adults aged 60 years or older.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Annual Economic Cost of Homicides and Emergency Department–Treated Nonfatal Assaults of US Adults Aged 60 Years or Older, 2015-2022
Data are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, June 2024. Annual mean (SD) cost of nonfatal assaults was $12.0 billion ($2.1 billion) and of homicides was $13.9 billion ($2.2 billion).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Age-Adjusted Homicide Rate Change Among US Adults Aged 60 Years or Older, 2015-2022
Data are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, June 2024. White indicates the rate change was not calculable for the period.
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