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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)
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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.