The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has put the spotlight back on recent data showing that firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the U.S.
The agency found that 4,368 Americans under the age of 19 died from gun violence in 2020, a 29.5% jump from 2019.
"If you look at the trajectory over the last several years, that should raise alarm," said Goldstick, who is also a member of the university's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. "The fact that this is the leading cause of death among kids is obscene." By comparison, motor vehicle accidents killed about five per 100,000 Americans aged 19 and younger in 2020.
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