There are some useful findings in the Toronto Board of Health report last week on taking a public health approach to community violence.
First, that while police-reported crime was decreasing in Toronto prior to 2014, it went up 14% between 2014 and 2017, disproportionately impacting young black males, particularly young Somali-Canadians.
Second, the rate for firearm-related crime more than doubled for youths and adults between 2013 and 2017.
Third, that as the result of violent crime there were 102,000 visits to the emergency departments of Toronto hospitals between 2004 and 2017 for assault-related injuries, 1,133 of them caused by firearms.
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