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juicelandyesterday at 8:58 PM3 repliesview on HN

>cars are a leading cause of death and the leading cause of death for children and young adults.

Firearms have been the leading cause of death for people ages 1-19 since 2020.

[0]https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2201761


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lotsofpulptoday at 2:08 AM

I wonder if that stat is true if removing the kids in gangs from the data. One cause of death is relatively undiscerning and applicable to all, but the other cause of death might only apply to a few. But I don’t know, I’d like to see the actual stat.

simmschiyesterday at 9:57 PM

In the USA.

stousetyesterday at 9:19 PM

How utterly depressing.