Since they’re predominantly focused on when it’s about kids, I’ll add those stats since I have them handy. Causes of death, 2016, ages 0 to 14 (60,975,441 popu

Since they’re predominantly focused on when it’s about kids, I’ll add those stats since I have them handy. Causes of death, 2016, ages 0 to 14 (60,975,441 population estimate, 32,709 deaths reported): - Congenital defects: 5,598 (17.11% of deaths reported) - "Otherwise unclassified": 3,161 (9.66% of deaths reported) - Motor vehicle accidents: 1,455 (4.44% of deaths reported) - Cancer: 1,284 (3.93% of deaths reported) - Accidental hanging, strangulation, and suffocation: 1,215 (3.71% of deaths reported) - Major cardiovascular disease: 901 (2.75% of deaths reported) - Drowning: 713 (2.18% of deaths reported) - Non-gun murder: 663 (2.03% of deaths reported) - Accidents not explicitly listed: 657 (2.01% of deaths reported) - Influenza & pneumonia: 356 (1.09% of deaths reported) - Gun murder: 238 (0.73% of deaths reported) - Firearms accidents: 74 (0.23% of deaths reported) The mortality rate for someone between the ages of 0 and 14 in 2016 was 0.897%. That means the chances of death from a firearm for that age group was 0.0086%. Sources: - Centers for Disease Control. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 67, No. 5. "Deaths: Final Data for 2016" Table 6. - US Census. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Selected Age Groups by Sex for the United States, States, Counties, and Puerto Rico Commonwealth and Municipios: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018. - Social Security Administration. Period Life Table, 2016. Note: CDC numbers are based off reported cases across a variety of age groups. They do not represent an exact number but are instead meant to be treated relatively (e.g., 4.44% of child deaths are due to car accidents)