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Two years ago, guns became the leading cause of death of American children, a singular distinction among peer nations. Some 34% of gun deaths among children under 5 are accidental, a study by the ...
Of the 45,222 gun deaths in 2020, accidental deaths accounted for 535, the study said. College student froze to death near club that denied him entry, Illinois officials say
The overall rate of unintentional shooting deaths of both children and adults has fallen since the 1990s, according to CDC’s limited data. But firearms remain a leading cause of accidental child ...
A 13-year-old in Chicago takes his father’s pistol out of a lockbox and removes the magazine from the weapon. He shows the gun to a neighbor the same age, and pretends to fire it several times.
Most accidental shooting deaths among children involve guns left loaded and unlocked, study finds. In a recent interview, as she struggled with her emotions, Williams said she wished she hadn’t ...
A 1997 study found that CAP laws were associated with a 23% decrease in accidental shooting deaths among children younger than 15 years old. [8] A 2000 study found that Florida 's CAP law appeared to have "significantly reduced unintentional firearm deaths to children", but that the similar laws that existed in 14 other states did not seem to ...
"In the U.S., gun death rates in this age group have increased by 106 percent since 2013 and have been the leading cause of death among this group since 2020," the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun ...
Firearm deaths correspond to ICD-10 codes W32-W34, Accidental discharge of firearm; X72-X74, Intentional self-harm by firearm; X93-X95, Assault by firearm; Y22-Y24, Firearm discharge, undetermined intent. Krug, EG; Powell, KE; Dahlberg, LL (1998). "Firearm-related deaths in the United States and 35 other high- and upper-middle-income countries".