A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall. The results demonstrate that pharmaceutical and public health interventions should continue to be applied to limit the spread of the
  • Limonene@lemmy.worldEnglish
    717·
    11 days ago

    Disease has always been a bigger cause of death in the US than guns.

    • 2019 US gun deaths: 39,707
    • 2019 US heart attack deaths: 659,041 (17 times higher than guns)
    • 2022 US COVID-19 deaths: approx 244,000 (6 times higher than guns in 2019)
      • sorghum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        If I were to wager, I’d bet that accidents (majority of which are car related) would be the leading cause of death in children followed by cancer. I’d like to see what of the accidents were gun related/caused though. Also intentionaly caused deaths via gun violence broken down into suicides and homicides would be a insightful stat.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      105·
      11 days ago

      Jesus Christ, 659,041 kids had heart attacks in 2019!?! Or are you citing statistics that aren’t relevant to what’s being discussed in this thread?