EMS Incidents Involving Firearm Injury

Information from EMS offers monthly updates of firearm injury activity and trends throughout King County. This resource will help us better track rates of EMS-treated incidents involving firearm injuries by geography, age, gender, and severity over time.

Limitations on socio-demographics: The EMS data presented here is specific to the involvement in firearm injury events that requires time-critical care.  The primary EMS goal is to deliver effective care and coordinate arrival with the designated hospital, rather than attribute responsibility for the injury or determine a profile of patient sociodemographic characteristics.  For example, EMS does attempt to ascertain objective details such as the number of gunshots, the location of entry and potential exit wounds, and the type of weapon, but not speculate regarding motive.  Similarly, EMS often is not able to ask patients about their race or ethnicity. Without this opportunity, it is not possible to accurately collect this data.

The data for the following visualizations is from  Communities Count  provided by  Public Health - Seattle & King County .

Communities Count is a public-private partnership that provides data to support equity work and monitor the health and well-being of King County communities. Communities Count emphasizes prevention and a long-term view of change while using data to understand how to build and sustain healthy communities and families.

To further examine this data, visit Public Health - Seattle & King County's  Emergency Medical Services incidents involving firearm injury  website.

Click on the links below to learn more about each indicator for  Community and Public Safety .

 EMS Incidents Involving Firearm Injury:  Monthly number of firearm injuries in King County treated by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel.

Return to King County's  Determinants of Equity and Data Tool  web page.

 Public Health - Seattle & King County 

 King County Emergency Medical Services