Since 2020, gun violence has been the leading cause of death among children and teenagers living in the US, ahead of car accidents and illnesses like cancer. In 2024 alone, 5,151 children and teenagers were shot and 1,403 of them died. These alarming figures put the US in a category all of its own. No other comparable countries have gun violence as a leading cause of death for children—in fact, it doesn't even make the top four list elsewhere.
In this gallery, we looked at statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FBI, among other organizations, to try and answer some pertinent questions about gun deaths in America. Click on and take a look at the numbers.