A report reveals a 30% increase in firearm-related deaths between 2019 and 2020, including incidents of suicides and accidental shootings
Gun violence overtook car accidents as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the US in 2020, according to a report from the University of Michigan.on Wednesday as part of longer term research effort from the university’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention .
An analysis of mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed a nearly 30% increase in gun-related deaths among Americans up to age 19 between 2019 and 2020, the researchers said. These deaths include incidents of suicide, accidental shootings and homicides, with homicides outpacing the other two categories.The number of deaths from car accidents and gun homicides among infants, children and young adults has been growing closer since 2016.
“We knew gun violence had increased but I was surprised by the level of increase for just one year,” said Dr Jason Goldstick, a researcher with IFIP and associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Michigan. “I can’t remember ever seeing that before.” The rise in shooting deaths among the nation’s youngest is part of a larger increase in homicides in that same time period. Gun homicides across the US rose 33% in 2020, according to the study.
LaTanya and Andre Robinson Sr hold a cutout photo of their late son, Andre Robinson Jr, who was killed by gunfire in November 2020.One of the young people killed in 2020 was
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