Racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric firearm deaths persist in 2022 and 2023

Racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric firearm deaths persist in 2022 and 2023

Abstract Background Firearms became the leading cause of death in the United States pediatric population in 2019 and have persisted as the leading cause through 2021, with widening racial and ethnic disparities. We aimed to examine recent trends in U.S pediatric firearm mortality, how they differ by...

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Main Authors: Rafael Klein-Cloud, Bailey Roberts, Emma Cornell, Colleen Nofi, Chethan Sathya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:Injury Epidemiology
Subjects:
Firearm violence
Pediatric trauma
Racial disparities
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-025-00571-3
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