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Gun deaths among US children, teens up nearly 50% in 2019-2021

Gun deaths among US children, teens up nearly 50% in 2019-2021

Gun-related deaths amongst kids and youths within the U.S. surged by 50% in two years, in keeping with a Pew Research Center evaluation launched this week.

Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2019, the variety of gun-related deaths amongst American kids and adolescents youthful than 18 years outdated was 1,732, it mentioned.

But by 2021, this quantity had risen considerably to 2,590.

“The gun death rate among children and teens rose from 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 minor residents in 2019 to 3.5 per 100,000 two years later, a 46% increase,” in keeping with the evaluation.

The Pew Research Center carried out the evaluation within the wake of a deadly faculty taking pictures on March 27 in Nashville, Tennessee which killed six folks, together with three kids.

The quantity and fee of youngsters and youths killed by gunfire in 2021 have been larger than at any level since no less than 1999, mentioned the middle.

The Pew Research Center analyzed the most recent annual mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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