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Creating a Healthy and Safe City: The Impact of Violence in New Haven: Executive Summary
Type Report Format PDF Author New Haven Health Department Year 2011 Related Sectors Health Topic Health Equity Alliance Organization New Haven Health Department

Creating a Healthy and Safe City: The Impact of Violence in New Haven: Executive Summary

2011 Report

Dr. Mario Garcia, MPH, Director of Health, New Haven Health Department

Note: The Complete Version of this report contains more detail and is available at http://ctdatahaven.org/know/index.php/File:Creating_a_Healthy_and_Safe_City_2011_sml.pdf

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The Concern

Data from the Health Equity Index and other sources of information on provided by researchers, residents and government officials detail why community violence is a significant public health concern in New Haven:

•• In 2007-2008, deaths from assault were as significant a cause of premature death as cancer, heart disease and accidents. Death from assault was the leading cause of death among males 15 –– 29. Non-fatal injury from assault has also caused a substantial health burden in the City.

•• The impact of community violence on young Black and Hispanic males has been particularly pronounced. In 2007 and 2008, death from assault accounted for over a third of the deaths of Black and Hispanic males age 15 –– 29. All those killed by gunfire during that period were Black or Hispanic males.

•• Over 85% of deaths from assault in 2007 and 2008 were caused by handguns. The vast majority of the handgun deaths occurred outdoors in parking lots, in the street and on sidewalks.

•• Violent crime is not evenly distributed in New Haven, but heavily concentrated in some districts of the City. Violent criminal behavior is also geographically associated with, though not necessarily caused by, economic distress and locations with parolees, prison releases, retail businesses, and illegal drug markets.

•• The majority of city residents are unlikely to be physically injured by violent crime. However, due to a variety of potentially negative impacts on mental health, physical activity and quality of life, the indirect burden of violence on residents of a city like New Haven may be considerable.

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