Gun research funding lags far behind

A recent study examined the number of publications and amount of funding for research focusing on the top 30 causes of death, as found in the MEDLINE and Federal RePORTER databases between 2004 and 2015.

Average funding per publication, by cause of death
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Notes

Note: Aspiration and accidental falls were omitted as outliers.

Source: Dr. David E. Stark, Nigam H. Shah. Funding and Publication of Research on Gun Violence and Other Leading Causes of Death, JAMA, 2017

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