https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-death https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-dea... The researchers found that motor

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-death https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-dea... The researchers found that motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of child deaths in the United States, comprising about 20% of all deaths among children in 2016. The chief reason for the crashes was cell phone use by drivers and pedestrians, the researchers found. Firearms were the second leading cause of deaths among children and adolescents in 2016, according to the researchers. Overall, there was a 28% relative increase in the rate of firearm deaths among U.S. children, likely driven by a 32% increase in firearm homicides and a 26% increase in firearm suicides, the researchers said. They found that the odds of a child being killed by a firearm are 36 times higher in the United States than in other high-income countries. About 16 children per 100k die each year in the US https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/22-child-deaths#detailed/1/any/false/1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867,133/any/286,287 https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/22-child-deaths... In the UK for comparision it's about 10 per 100k https://stateofchildhealth.rcpch.ac.uk/evidence/mortality/child-mortality/ https://stateofchildhealth.rcpch.ac.uk/evidence/mortality/ch... I'm not convinced the US focuses on either gun violence or deaths from cars