Rates of homicide, suicide, and firearm-related death among children - 26 industrialized countries.

From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: February 7, 1997 | Copyright information

An examination of the violent death rates of children in 26 leading industrialized nations shows that the US has by far the highest rate of homicide, suicide, and firearms-related death of children. Of the total child homicides in these 26 nations, 73% happened to US children. Of the total suicides, 54% were by US children. Of the firearms-related deaths, 86% of these were of US children. US rates of these were all much higher than in the next highest nations.

During 1950-1993, the overall annual death rate for U.S. children aged [is less than]15 years declined substantially (1), ...

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