Old joe lies again! Leading cause of death for children is guns?

Buffalo NY

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The dictator in chief lies again! In his speech meant to precede his unconstitutional executive order to confiscate guns from Americans, old joe claimed the number one cause of death for children is gun violence. We will not bring up abortion numbers and only look at only post birth deaths in this case. From the CDC itself on leading causes of deaths for various age groups: Children aged 1-4 years Accidents (unintentional injuries) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2020) via CDC WONDER Children aged 5-9 years Accidents (unintentional injuries) Cancer Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2020) via CDC WONDER Children aged 10-14 years Accidents (unintentional injuries) Intentional self-harm (suicide) Cancer Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2020) via CDC WONDER https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/child-health.htm Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html on Jun 2, 2022 8:42:24 PM