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COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US | University of Oxford (www.ox.ac.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] SelfProgrammed 40 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Something finally beat guns.

[+] Limonene@lemmy.world -11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Disease has always been a bigger cause of death in the US than guns.

2019 US gun deaths: 39,707
2019 US heart attack deaths: 659,041 (17 times higher than guns)
2022 US COVID-19 deaths: approx 244,000 (6 times higher than guns in 2019)

[–] SelfProgrammed 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Stay on topic, we're talking about children here.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If I were to wager, I'd bet that accidents (majority of which are car related) would be the leading cause of death in children followed by cancer. I'd like to see what of the accidents were gun related/caused though. Also intentionaly caused deaths via gun violence broken down into suicides and homicides would be a insightful stat.

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