Firearms - Injury Statistics and Incidence Rates
Firearms - Injury Statistics and Incidence Rates
The following statistics were are the latest available from the National SAFE KIDS Campaign:
Injury and death rates:
The number of unintentional deaths from firearms declined 80 percent from 1997 to 2002.
In 2005, 75 children ages 14 and under died from unintentional firearm-related injuries; more than half of those children were between the ages of 10 and 14.
Non-powder gun-related injuries (for example, BB guns or pellet guns) sent nearly 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms for treatment in 2005.
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I think this supports the idea that gun owners are being more careful. Let’s include storage rules and safety programs by way of credit due for a trend in the right direction. Still lots of progress to make of course.