CDC and NIH research

**jsbhike** · 07-14-21, 17:44

Wonder what this will reveal?

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/04/...g-gun-research

**FromMyColdDeadHand** · 07-14-21, 17:53

Approximately 40,000 U.S. deaths—about 109 per day—are caused by firearms each year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics.

Well the author of the article seem sure to know what causes the deaths.

**SteyrAUG** · 07-14-21, 19:47

Every year in the United States there are an estimated:

3,960* fatal unintentional drownings, including boating-related drowning—that is an average of 11 drowning deaths per day.

Drowning is a leading cause of death for children.

In the United States:

More children ages 1–4 die from drowning than any other cause of death except birth defects.
For children ages 1–14, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death after motor vehicle crashes.1

https://www.cdc.gov/drowning/facts/i...factsheet.html

**jsbhike** · 07-14-21, 19:54

Originally Posted by SteyrAUG

Every year in the United States there are an estimated:

3,960* fatal unintentional drownings, including boating-related drowning—that is an average of 11 drowning deaths per day.

Drowning is a leading cause of death for children.

In the United States:

More children ages 1–4 die from drowning than any other cause of death except birth defects.
For children ages 1–14, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death after motor vehicle crashes.1

https://www.cdc.gov/drowning/facts/i...factsheet.html

They are about to drop some more scientific facts on us that can't be doubted.

**SteyrAUG** · 07-14-21, 20:01

Originally Posted by jsbhike

They are about to drop some more scientific facts on us that can't be doubted.

Obviously they are counting all shooting, probably including legit personal defense shootings and maybe even LE shooting bad guys. I guess including suicides just didn't get them the big numbers they wanted.

Bottom line is swimming pools and cars are the number 1 and 2 killers of everyone, every year, all the time and it never changes. Pretty soon I imagine cell phone related deaths will probably surpass firearms.

**REDinFL** · 07-14-21, 20:15

Originally Posted by SteyrAUG

Obviously they are counting all shooting, probably including legit personal defense shootings and maybe even LE shooting bad guys. I guess including suicides just didn't get them the big numbers they wanted.

Bottom line is swimming pools and cars are the number 1 and 2 killers of everyone, every year, all the time and it never changes. Pretty soon I imagine cell phone related deaths will probably surpass firearms.

How about 200, 000 + deaths annually by medical errors?

**SteyrAUG** · 07-14-21, 20:46

Originally Posted by REDinFL

How about 200, 000 + deaths annually by medical errors?

To be honest, like shootings, they are subjective to many factors. Some are accidents, some are very preventable accidents and some may not have been accidents at all.

But just like shootings, you can't take the whole number and declare it to be a "apple" rather than an "orange." But obviously it's a number to keep in mind when they start playing "skewy statistic" games related to firearms.

Drownings and car accidents will continue to remain number one and two. Even if they pulled phone related "distracted driving" incidents, cars would still remain number two at least for now.