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. That’s about five children lost for every 100,000 children in the United States. In no other comparable country are firearms within the top four causes of mortality among children, according to a KFF analysis.
Children and teens are more likely to die by guns than anything else | CNN
Guns are the leading cause of death for US children and teens, since surpassing car accidents in 2020.
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Wow. Sounds serious.
Catastrophic, even.
Guns are the leading cause of death for US children and teens, since surpassing car accidents in 2020.
THE leading cause!!!
According to the CDC, 2020-2021:
2020-2021
Ages 0-18
69,742 total deaths
4871 firearms - all intents: 6.9% of the total
4685 motor vehicle - all intents. 6.7% of the total
And so, while firearms - all intents "took over" for motor vehicle deaths, at 6.9% of the total, it is still a small portion of total deaths.
Put otherwise:
93.1% of children who died 2020-2021 did NOT die from a firearm-related injury.
That's --not-- the impression you get from the story - eh?
Why would CNN, et al, present this in such a misleading way?
I know:
Because the (D)ishonest know they can prey upon the emotions of the ignorant.
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