{"id":1446,"date":"2022-02-08T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontoqbank.com\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:49:19","slug":"new-study-calculates-alarming-lifetime-risk-of-death-from-firearms-and-drug-overdoses-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontoqbank.com\/uncategorized\/new-study-calculates-alarming-lifetime-risk-of-death-from-firearms-and-drug-overdoses-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"New study calculates alarming lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1446\" data-postid=\"1446\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1446 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_0zvf704 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_oibp708 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_b2t4852   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>One out of every 100 American children will die from firearms if current death rates continue; one out of every 70 will die from overdoses, according to The American Journal of Medicine<br \/>Philadelphia, August 19, 2020 \u2013 A new study appearing in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States. The lifetime risk of death from firearms is about one percent, meaning that approximately one out of every 100 children will die from firearms if current death rates continue. The lifetime risk of death from drug overdoses is 1.5 percent, meaning that one out of every 70 children will die from an overdose. The lifetime risks vary depending on who you are and where you live. The lifetime risk of firearm death is highest among black boys: one out of every 40 will die from a gunshot. The lifetime risk of overdose death is highest in West Virginia where one out of every 30 children will die from overdoses. News media and politicians frequently discuss the high toll of deaths from firearms and drug overdoses. They usually mention the numbers of deaths, citing figures like 40,000 firearm deaths last year or death rates such as 20 overdose deaths per 100,000 population. However, for most people, it&#8217;s hard to grasp the real meaning of both the large absolute numbers and the small annual rates.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One out of every 100 American children will die from firearms if current death rates continue; one out of every 70 will die from overdoses, according to The American Journal of MedicinePhiladelphia, August 19, 2020 \u2013 A new study appearing in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, calculates the lifetime risk of death [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"builder_content":"<p>One out of every 100 American children will die from firearms if current death rates continue; one out of every 70 will die from overdoses, according to The American Journal of Medicine<br \/>Philadelphia, August 19, 2020 \u2013 A new study appearing in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States. The lifetime risk of death from firearms is about one percent, meaning that approximately one out of every 100 children will die from firearms if current death rates continue. The lifetime risk of death from drug overdoses is 1.5 percent, meaning that one out of every 70 children will die from an overdose. The lifetime risks vary depending on who you are and where you live. The lifetime risk of firearm death is highest among black boys: one out of every 40 will die from a gunshot. The lifetime risk of overdose death is highest in West Virginia where one out of every 30 children will die from overdoses. News media and politicians frequently discuss the high toll of deaths from firearms and drug overdoses. They usually mention the numbers of deaths, citing figures like 40,000 firearm deaths last year or death rates such as 20 overdose deaths per 100,000 population. 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