According to a new analysis from a team of Michigan Medicine researchers, firearms have surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, increasing by 29% from 2019 to 2020. Jason Goldstick, research associate professor of emergency medicine at Michigan Medicine and of health behavior and health education at the U-M School of Public Health, explores this alarming trend. Goldstick highlights the opportunity that policymakers and researchers have to reduce these preventable deaths.
