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Figure 7: Distribution of firearm mortality rates per 100,000 by parish in Louisiana, 1999-2010.
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Dr. Straif-Bourgeois is with the School of Public Health at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Dr. Ratard is with the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section, Office of Public Health, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
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