Gun and car accident deaths explain the higher level of mortality among children and youth (under age 24) in the US south over past 50 years than peers living elsewhere.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32317859
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The persistent southern disadvantage in US early life mortality, 1965-2014 - PubMed
Our results illustrate that US children and youth living in the southern United States have long suffered from higher levels of mortality than children and youth living in other parts of the country. Our findings also suggest the contemporary southern disadvantage in US early life mortality could po …
Conservative America has far more gun deaths than liberal America, study finds
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Firearm caliber is associated with the likelihood of death from gunshot wounds in criminal assault.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30646040/
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The Association of Firearm Caliber With Likelihood of Death From Gunshot Injury in Criminal Assaults - PubMed
Firearms caliber was associated with the likelihood of death from gunshot wounds in criminal assault. Shootings with larger-caliber handguns were more deadly but no more sustained or accurate than shootings with smaller-caliber handguns. This conclusion is of direct relevance to the design of gun po …
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