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3. For children age 5-9, the most common causes of death are, in order

Reply to Jonny (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:49 PM

Dec 2012

1. Accident (~ 700 annually)
2. Cancer (~ 400 annually)
3. Congenital anomalies (~ 150 annually)
4. Homicide (~ 100 annually)

For 10-14 it's about the same, with suicide replacing congenital anomalies

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Cause of Death among School Children [View all] Jonny Dec 2012 OP

STOP CALLING IT A GUN PROBLEM! RomneyLies Dec 2012 #1

The gun violence rate is half what it was 20 years ago (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #4

Does that include U.S. mass murders and rampage killings? Fridays Child Dec 2012 #6

Yes. Did you seriously not know that? Recursion Dec 2012 #7

Obviously, my question wasn't about general gun violence statistics. Fridays Child Dec 2012 #8

No, they've gone somewhat up, but are a tiny fraction of all murders Recursion Dec 2012 #9

Your charts don't split out violence by type of weapon. kwassa Dec 2012 #10

Murders by gun remain a little over half of murders. They've gone down with the overall rate Recursion Dec 2012 #12

Here is a table from DoJ kwassa Dec 2012 #13

Yes. Note that's an *absolute* drop, not just a per 100,000 drop Recursion Dec 2012 #14

no WooWooWoo Dec 2012 #2

For children age 5-9, the most common causes of death are, in order Recursion Dec 2012 #3

It's certainly true in my city frazzled Dec 2012 #5

I think there are still probably way more car accidents JVS Dec 2012 #11

Missed the Point Jonny Dec 2012 #15

Lame GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #16