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      • Guns are the leading cause of death for US children and teens, since surpassing car accidents in 2020. Firearms accounted for nearly 19% of childhood deaths (ages 1-18) in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wonder database. Nearly 3,600 children died in gun-related incidents that year.

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  3. www.snopes.com › guns-leading-deaths-children-usAre Guns the Leading Cause of Death for Children in the US?

    Mar 29, 2023 · An analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation, a research nonprofit, that relied on 2020 data compiled by the CDC found that firearms were the No. 1 cause of death for children and teens in...

  4. www.nejm.org › doi › fullCurrent Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the ...

    Apr 20, 2022 · Firearm-related injury is now the leading cause of death among children and teens. We continue to fail to protect our youth from a preventable cause of death.

  5. www.pewresearch.org › short-reads › 2023/04/06Gun deaths among U.S. children and teens rose 50% in two years

    Apr 6, 2023 · The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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  7. www.npr.org › 2022/04/22 › 1094364930Firearms were the leading cause of death in children in 2020 ...

    Apr 22, 2022 · For decades, auto accidents have been the leading cause of death among children, but in 2020 guns were the No. 1 cause, researchers say. Overall firearm-related deaths increased 13.5%...

  8. www.nytimes.com › interactive › 2022/12/14Childhood’s Greatest Danger: The Data on Kids and Gun ...

    Dec 14, 2022 · Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. For much of the nation’s history, disease was the No. 1 killer of children. Then America...

  9. publications.aap.org › pediatrics › articleTrends and Disparities in Firearm Deaths Among Children

    Aug 21, 2023 · In 2021, firearms continued to be the leading cause of death among US children. From 2018 to 2021, there was a 41.6% increase in the firearm death rate. In 2021, among children who died by firearms, 84.8% were male, 49.9% were Black, 82.6% were aged 15 to 19 years, and 64.3% died by homicide.

  10. publications.aap.org › pediatrics › articleFirearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in Children and Youth

    Nov 28, 2022 · Firearms are the leading cause of death in children and youth 0 to 24 years of age in the United States. In 2020, firearms resulted in 10 197 deaths (fatality rate 9.91 per 100 000 youth 0–24 years old).

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