Overview
- The Houston Health Department made the site publicly accessible on Dec. 2 with quarterly updates planned.
- Officials report the data reveals roughly a 70% gap between hospital-treated injuries and cases reflected in police records.
- Initial figures include 991 firearm injuries treated at trauma centers in 2024, about 200 from unintentional shootings, plus more than 50 injured children in 2025.
- City leaders say the $300,000 project integrates records from hospitals, EMS, police and mortality files to guide targeted prevention, including safe-storage outreach.
- Clinicians note overall severe-injury visits have fallen since 2021, while unintentional shootings involving children and young adults are rising.