Study: U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades
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The U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, and the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men, according to study published Tuesday.
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Study: U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades
The increase among women - most dramatically, in Black women - is playing a tragic and under-recognized role in a tally that skews overwhelmingly male, the researchers said.
Study: U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, and the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men, according to study published Tuesday.
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