Oh, "a leading" not "the leading"
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You mean like "falling into a single rusty nail is the leading caused of tetanus of the eye? But only a leading cause of loosing an eye?" Scientists, though, have proven that falling right on a rusty nail pointing perfectly upwards with its pointy side straight into the eye is 100% effective at inducing eye removal surgery.
This study is for 2021-2022 during the peak of COVID and is not indicative of the current situation. While we still have to be vigilant, accidents, murder and especially intentional self harm should be way more concerning
Accidental is #2? Like people dropping babies?
Edit, oh, this includes teenagers
Car accidents, falls, drownings, poisonings (ie eating something you shouldn't), fires. There are a lot of horrible ways to go.
Something finally beat guns.
Maybe not. Data wasn't broken down by choice of weapon.
Among children and young people aged 0 – 19 years in the US, COVID-19 ranked eighth among all causes of death; fifth among all disease-related causes of death; and first in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases.
Getting murdered 4th place feels preventable 🤔 more guns and less regulations should fix it