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Guns are the main reason behind loss of life for US youngsters and youths, since surpassing automotive accidents in 2020.
Firearms accounted for practically 19% of childhood deaths (ages 1-18) in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wonder database. Almost 3,600 youngsters died in gun-related incidents that 12 months. That’s about 5 youngsters misplaced for each 100,000 youngsters in america. In no different comparable nation are firearms inside the high 4 causes of mortality amongst youngsters, in response to a KFF analysis.
The shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville on Monday, marks the sixteenth capturing this 12 months in grades Ok-12 and the deadliest for the reason that faculty capturing in Uvalde, Texas, final 12 months, in response to a CNN evaluation of faculty capturing knowledge. Six people — three youngsters and three adults — have been killed.
There have been 130 mass shootings so far in 2023, the very best variety of shootings recorded at this level in any 12 months since no less than 2013, in response to knowledge from the Gun Violence Archive.
Baby and teenage mortality total surged during the Covid-19 pandemic — pushed not by Covid-19 deaths however by deadly accidents, in response to a new study in JAMA. Firearms accounted for practically half of the rise in mortality in 2020.
