Are Guns the Leading Cause of Death for Children in the US?
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 29, 2023
Key facts:
- The latest available data pertinent to this claim covers 2020 and 2021. As of this writing, there is no data available for 2022 and 2023.
- The claim that guns were the leading cause of death for U.S. children in 2020 and 2021 is true only if the selected age range is 1-19 years old. This range excludes infants under one year old, who have a unique risk of age-specific causes of death.
- Similarly, capping the age range at 17, instead of 18 or 19 . . .
