A study spanning 25 years reveals that over half of Chicago's Black and Hispanic residents and a quarter of White residents have witnessed a shooting by age 40, highlighting the concerning impact of chronic stress and health implications due to gun violence exposure. Study following Chicagoans
A 25-year study following Chicago residents has found that 56% of Black and Hispanic individuals and 25% of White individuals witnessed a shooting by age 40. The research, led by a University of Cambridge criminologist and conducted in collaboration with Harvard and Oxford universities, revealed that men were more likely to be shot, but women were only slightly less likely to witness shootings.
Such levels of violence exposure may cause chronic stress and knock-on health implications for populations in Chicago and elsewhere. Chicago is the third-largest city in the United States, with a population of approximately 2.7 million people. As of 2021, the city’s racial and ethnic composition is roughly 32.8% non-Hispanic White, 29.7% non-Hispanic Black, 29.0% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% Asian, and 2.0% of other races or mixed race.
The sustained stress of living with the potential for gun violence likely takes a “cumulative physiological toll” on Chicago’s citizens – and people in cities across the US, argue researchers. “It is clear that Black people, in particular, are often living in a very different social context, with far higher risks of seeing and becoming victims of gun violence in the streets near their homes lasting into middle age.”
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