Guns now leading cause of death for American children, CDC says | New York Post
May 26, 2022
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as posted by the channelFirearms are the leading cause of death for American children, according to recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 5 deaths per 100,000 Americans between the ages of 1 and 19 were due to guns in 2020, the most recent year for which the CDC has data.
That number represents a nearly 30% increase in firearms deaths among children over 2019, according to an analysis of the data published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Gun-related deaths now outpace motor vehicle deaths as the leading cause of childhood mortality.
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