The article you cite was from 2018. In 2020, firearms surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the number one cause of death in children. That trend has continued.
My bad! I went with the first reputable link that came up in a search. In fairness, your link above is a letter to the Editor, but it still appears to be credible.
“Abortion is illegal. The leading cause of death among American children is firearms.”
Abortion is legal in some states, illegal in others.
Motor vehicle crashes are the number-one cause of child mortality (with firearms, admittedly, second).
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1804754
I like your publication, but for credibility’s sake, you might do better to hold yourself to a higher standard of accuracy.
The article you cite was from 2018. In 2020, firearms surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the number one cause of death in children. That trend has continued.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmc2201761
My bad! I went with the first reputable link that came up in a search. In fairness, your link above is a letter to the Editor, but it still appears to be credible.
here’s one from Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/health-reform/press-release/firearms-are-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-in-the-united-states-but-rank-no-higher-than-fifth-in-other-industrialized-nations/