About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, U.S. youths ages 0 to 19 years experienced important disparities in firearm and motor vehicle crash fatality rates and increases over time when considering the intersectionality by age group, sex, race, and ethnicity. These findings suggest that a multipronged strategy focused on individual, community, and policy level approaches for specific high-risk groups for each injury mechanism is necessary to address these leading causes of death in U.S. youths.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH, email lois.lee@childrens.harvard.edu.
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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5089)
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