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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...
In 2022, in the 1 to 17 age group, Black children and teens had a gun death rate 18 times higher than that of white children in the same age group. The gun homicide rate among Black children and teens rose 5.6 percent from 2021 to 2022.
Older adolescents, ages 15 to 19, accounted for 82.6% of gun-related deaths in 2021. Across the U.S., higher poverty levels correlated with higher death rates from guns. “Structural inequity ...
Guns were the leading cause of death among children & teens (ages 1-17), accounting for more deaths than car crashes, overdoses, or cancers. 1 While the burden of gun violence remains high, there are evidence-based, equitable solutions to prevent gun violence.
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.
Firearms were the leading cause of death for children and teenagers in the United States for the third consecutive year, and homicides accounted for the majority of gun deaths among the age...
While teens account for most gun deaths in youth ages 1–17, younger children are not immune. A total of 140 children ages 1–4 and 117 children ages 5–9 died by a gun in 2022. Homicides were the most common type of gun death among children and teens (ages 1–17) at 66%, followed by suicides at 27%.
In 2022, firearm injuries (all types), were among the five leading causes of death for people ages 1-44 in the U.S. Firearm injuries were the leading cause of death among children and teens ages 1-19. 1.
The overall increase in U.S. gun deaths since the beginning of the pandemic includes an especially stark rise in such fatalities among children and teens under the age of 18. Gun deaths among children and teens rose 50% in just two years , from 1,732 in 2019 to 2,590 in 2021.
Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. No group of kids has been spared, but some have fared far worse.