Gun Deaths Similar in Cities and Towns - Study
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Small-town residents are as likely  to die of gunshot wounds as people in big U.S. cities, but the  rural residents are killing themselves while urban dwellers are  being murdered, researchers reported on Monday.
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New research suggests that suicide risk factors are heightened in rural areas by social isolation, lack of mental health care and the easy availability of guns.
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PARIS More than 100,000 civilians have probably died in Iraq as direct or indirect consequences of the March 2003 US-led invasion, according to a study by a research team at Johns Hopkins University&#39;s Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
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Diabetes killed an increasing number of New York City residents last year, ranking for the first time among the five leading causes of death in an annual summary of vital statistics released yesterday by the health department.
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The spray of bullets that killed a police officer and hurt three others this week came from something increasingly common on this city's streets: a high-powered assault weapon, fast becoming the gun of choice for gang members and violent criminals.
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By Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Sep. 25--Here's the thing you can't get past: the sound of gunfire in quiet, suburban neighborhoods.
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Home Office figures are expected to show a rise in firearms offences, but a fall in the number of deaths.
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TUUSULA, Finland (BBC News) - At least eight people have been killed and several others injured in a shooting at a school in southern Finland, medical officials say.  Finnish media reported that the shots had been fired by an 18-year-old man at Jokela secondary school in Tuusula, some 50km (30 miles) north of the capital Helsinki. Dr. Eero Hirvensalo, the head of the medical response team, said seven or more people had been killed and that the death toll could rise. According to German television reports of the hour, the gunman is alive and being detained.
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Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested on Thursday.
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Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a US government study suggested on Thursday.
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Americans were robbed and victimized by gun violence at greater rates last year than the year before, even though overall violent and property crime reached a 32-year low, the Justice Department said Sunday.
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A new study suggests that people living in sprawling suburbs are more prone to chronic physical health problems than people living in compact urban areas.
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JENNER, Calif., Aug. 21 -- Authorities in this coastal town continued searching for clues Saturday in the shooting deaths of a young couple, and some residents said they feared for their own safety.
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The government selected 18 cities and sprawling suburban regions Wednesday to study for clues on why homicides and other violent crimes are on the rise nationally.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Unexploded ammunition, weapons and other military ordnance cause more injuries and deaths in Afghanistan than land mines, especially among children, says a study in the Jan. 8 issue of the British Medical Journal.
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FIVE people yesterday died and three others were injured in a series of shootings following a dispute among US deer hunters. It is thought the five were caught up in a dispute over treetop
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A gunman opened fire at a city council meeting in this St. Louis suburb Thursday night, hitting the mayor and several city officials, a newspaper reported. There was no immediate word on whether anyone was killed.