Garen J. Wintemute|Stephen P. Teret|Jess F. Kraus|Michelle Wright
The choice of weapons in firearm suicides.
University of California Davis Medical Center
report firearms used 235 suicides sacramento county california 198385 handguns used 69 per cent firearm suicides65 per cent males 88 per cent femalesand deaths among women ages 35 older tested hypothesis choice firearms persons committing suicide home would passively reflect reported prevalence firearms type households region handguns used frequently rate ratio 200 95 ci 168 239 rifles shotguns less frequently expected