The Trace and FiveThirtyEight firstlast year that the CDC’s 2016 gun injury estimate was so uncertain the agency classified it as “unstable and potentially unreliable.” Since then, the agency’s data, which in 2017 was derived from a sample of just 60 hospitals, has. The CDC’s gun violence estimates are widely cited in academic articles.
“We as lawmakers, as every American citizen, should be able to follow and understand the latest trends on firearms injuries without the concern of coming across ‘unstable and potentially unreliable’ data,” Menendez told The Trace in an email. Researchers interviewed by The Trace and FiveThirtyEight believe the CDC’s estimates are too flawed to use. Guohua Li, editor-in-chief of the medical journal Injury Epidemiology and director of Columbia University’s Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, said the estimates could be improved by drawing upon a larger and more reliable source of data, such as another database administered by HHS.
FiveThirtyEight While we're here, can we also find out why so many senators are unreliable?
FiveThirtyEight idk sens maybe it’s cuz they can’t keep up
FiveThirtyEight CDC is scary.
FiveThirtyEight When the CDC studied auto accidents, it prompted auto makers to look at safety. The dickey amend choked the CDC & along w/legislation that relieved gun makers of liability for their product . Gun manuf have zero incentive to make product safer. Dumb legislation!
FiveThirtyEight Hmmmm … Since BATF keeps better track .. wouldn't it save us a lot of wasted tax dollars if they just asked them?
FiveThirtyEight IT SOUNDS LIKE A COVERUP
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FiveThirtyEight Because the left loves inflating it