Gun deaths among U.S. children and teens rose 50% in two years

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https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/04/06/gun-deaths-among-us-kids-rose-50-percent-in-two-years/

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).

A chart that shows a 50% increase in gun deaths among U.S. kids between 2019 and 2021.
In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic, there were 1,732 gun deaths among U.S. children and teens under the age of 18. By 2021, that figure had increased to 2,590.

The gun death rate among children and teens – a measure that adjusts for changes in the nation’s population – rose from 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 minor residents in 2019 to 3.5 per 100,000 two years later, a 46% increase.

Both the number and rate of children and teens killed by gunfire in 2021 were higher than at any point since at least 1999, the earliest year for which information about those younger than 18 is available in the CDC’s mortality database.

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1. It would be interesting to distinguish between

Deaths caused deaths due to murders, suicides, or accidents, just to try and consider the causes for the abrupt rise. It may even be due to an increase in weapon purchases during that time. More guns = more deaths by guns.

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2. Our. Kids. Are. Dying.

Link to tweet

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3. 3 children killed 3 other children in Florida last week. With guns.One of the killers was 12.

I didn't seen a single OP about it on DU.

Vey odd.

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4. Well, let me at least give this OP a rec.

And a kick.

Sad to see it sink so fast.