Crossing Lines — A Change in the Leading Cause of Death among U.S. Children

For more than 60 years, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of injury-related death among young people. Beginning in 2017, however, firearm-related injuries took their place to become the most common cause of death from injury.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine Jg. 386; H. 16; S. 1485 - 1487
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Lois K, Douglas, Katherine, Hemenway, David
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 21.04.2022
Schlagworte:
Adolescent Medicine
Cause of Death - trends
Child
Child Mortality - trends
Death
Emergency Medicine
Fatalities
Firearms
Health Law
Health Policy
Humans
Motor vehicles
Pediatrics
Pediatrics General
Public Health
Public Health General
Teenagers
Trauma
United States - epidemiology
Vehicles
Young adults
United States
United States > US
Health Policy
Public Health
ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Zusammenfassung:For more than 60 years, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of injury-related death among young people. Beginning in 2017, however, firearm-related injuries took their place to become the most common cause of death from injury.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp2200169