After a shooting Saturday at a Texas mall, President Joe Biden said in a statement, 'The leading cause of death for American kids is gun violence.' CDC data for 2021 shows that for people ages 1 to 19, firearm-related deaths ranked No. 1.
"When all these ages are pooled together, the very high rates among teens are swamping the very low rate among young kids, such that firearms are the leading cause of death for the group as a whole," Pear said.
"For more than 60 years, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of injury-related death among young people. Beginning in 2017, however, firearm-related injuries took their place to become the most common cause of death from injury," the article said."This change occurred because of both the rising number of firearm-related deaths in this age group and the nearly continuous reduction in deaths from motor vehicle crashes.
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