Child gun deaths and fatal drug poisonings skyrocketed over past decade, researchers find
Child gun deaths and fatal drug poisonings skyrocketed over past decade, researchers find
Researchers found firearm fatalities among kids under 18 increased by 87.1%, and drug poisoning deaths increased by 133.3% from 2011 to 2021.
Fatal injury rates have spiked over the past decade for children and teens in the U.S., especially deaths involving guns and drugs, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics Thursday.
Using injury data for children under age 18 from 2011 to 2021 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers found firearm fatalities increased by 87.1% during that time period. Drug poisoning fatalities increased by 133.3%, and suffocation-related fatalities increased by 12.5%.
"Recent trends in pediatric injury-related fatalities are alarming, with increases in homicides, suicides, and poisonings in the past decade," the authors write.
Nonfatal firearm and poison-related injuries also increased — up 113.1% and 9.9%, respectively.
At the same time, the rates of nonfatal injuries within the same age group decreased in several other categories from 2011 to 2020, including a 52.8% decline in injuries from falls and a 47.3% decrease in motor vehicle occupant injuries. Injuries from drownings stayed the about same.
Americans kill more kids with guns than cars.
According to a link in the article it was the other way around as recently as 2016
Yep, only getting worse.
Results surprise no one.
If politicians had brains, they would have long noticed that among the countries not involved in wars or civil war like situations, the amount of gun-related deaths in the US has the highest count. Accidents, murder, suicide, whatever - each and every category.
And if they had backbones, they would have done something about it, like implementing gun controls like every other civilized country has. My country has effective gun control, and the amount of firearms-related deaths is in the "below 0.2 in a million" category.
Imagine. In 10 years we might be thinking they're the lucky ones. How fucked up is that?
What happens in 10 years?
Our world is heating up a lot faster than expected and the effects have been way more severe than scientists were predicting. We're going to be seeing some serious shit in 10yrs.