Homicide is a leading cause of death for children in the United States, a new study says, and the overall rate has increased an average of 4.3% each year for nearly a decade.. Black boys were ...

For Black children, specifically, gun violence has been the leading cause of death since 2006. TREVON BOSLEY: Just growing up in that environment, you have to move differently.

Drowning is the #1 cause of death for kids ages 1-4 and 64% of Black kids can’t swim. Paulana Lamonier is a New York City native who tweeted a few years ago that she wanted to teach 30 Black ...

New Study Solves Mystery of Why Black Children Are More Likely to Die Than White Children. ... According to experts, the leading causes of death for children ages 5 to 19 were all external.

Guns killed 2,526 children between the ages of 1 and 17, an average of seven youths slain a day, according to an analysis of 2022 data released by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.

The gun-death rate for children is nearly five in every 100,000. It was flat for more than a decade starting in 2000, and most years fewer than three in every 100,000 children were killed by guns.

A recent study found that Black children experience or perceive racism and discrimination at as young as 6 years of age; both are known factors for suicidal behaviors and thoughts among Black ...

Find out how the Black Death changed Britain. Find out how the Black Death changed Britain. Skip to Main Content. ... Younger men, women, and children, a good 80% of the community, aren't recorded.

Drowning kills around 4,000 people every year and is the leading cause of death for kids aged one to four, ... with 64% of Black children and 45% of Hispanic children not knowing how to swim ...