Some of the information wants to be free

CDC queries= my mood boards.SO lots of facts and figures this week. The gun deaths data used by every pundit, editorial author, and Facebook meme maker (well maybe not) in this country can be found in our national database of mortality statistics compiled by the CDC and available for anyone with internet access to search. I did a therapeutic amount of searching this morning. This is a great tool and resource and one of the public health biggies with open access. It's government data and PubMed abstracts for me until I decide to drop out of life and get that sweet academic journal access that comes with being a Ph.D candidate. Pffft. Right though: http://wonder.cdc.gov/Mortality and morbidity statistics are tracked by ICD medical billing codes. Because if there's two things you can count on it's death and your survivors being billed for your death.The design is not good but what were you expecting? That's how you know it's authentic. I could spend all week in this.Narrow your search. Slightly less easy that learning how to properly use MeSH search terminology.Results for all codes under "firearm" reporting data from the entire United States in the year 2014. But go have a look for yourself, too. Compare it to cancer. Compare it to car accidents. Dare to look at medical error, too. It's in your hands. We need help.