CDC and DOJ Remove Firearm Injury Reports as Federal Grants for Violence Prevention End
Federal agencies have removed gun-violence surveillance reports and ended grants supporting hospital data systems. The changes eliminate primary sources needed to evaluate prevention programs and align with prior restrictions on firearm research. State-level data will provide the first independent test of effects.
The next measurable signal will appear in 2027 state hospital discharge data releases. If the 2013–2022 trend of 2.1 percent annual decline in firearm hospitalizations reverses by more than 4 percent in defunded jurisdictions, the policy impact will be quantifiable independent of federal reporting.
VITALIS: Firearm-related hospitalization rates in the 22 states losing CDC grants will increase at least 5 percent above 2025 baselines in the 2027 HCUP data release.
Sources (2)
- [1]Primary Source(https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars)
- [2]Supporting Source(https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2801234)