Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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7. I can detail some of this. But I can't corroborate the same numbers.

Fri Oct 6, 2023, 06:46 PM

Oct 2023

For 2011:
CDC reports 1942 deaths for ages 0 - 18 from a reported population of 78,318,855 giving a rate of 2.48 deaths per 100,000.
17 & 18 year olds- 1066
13 - 16 year olds- 650
< 13 year olds- 226

For 2021:
CDC reports 3528 deaths for ages 0 - 18 from a reported population of 77,859,213 giving a rate of 4.53 deaths per 100,000.
17 & 18 year olds- 1785
13 - 16 year olds- 1388
< 13 year olds- 434

My numbers include all intents where a firearm was the cause.
I'm getting an overall those ages an 83% increase in death rate.
https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html
This is the CDC Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

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Gun-related deaths of US children are rising at 'alarming' rate, study reveals [View all] AndyS Oct 2023 OP

Our children are the future. These statistics do not bode well in that case. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #1

Joe The Plumber: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights' To Have Guns keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #4

Any breakdown by age? TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #2

I don't know. Enlighten us all as to the un-importance of 16-18 year old deaths. AndyS Oct 2023 #3

I can detail some of this. But I can't corroborate the same numbers. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2023 #7

You have no answer other than deflection. TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #5

The answer I gave was was, "I don't know." AndyS Oct 2023 #6

I didn't say that TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #8

"I didn't say that" AndyS Oct 2023 #9