“Americans are now dying younger on average than they used to…
One in 25 American 5-year-olds now won’t live to see 40, a death rate about four times as high as in other wealthy nations...
Firearms account for almost half of the increase. Homicide accounted for 6.9 percent of deaths among that group, defined as those 19 years old or younger, and suicide accounted for 6.8 percent…”