RT Book, Section
A1 Boynton-Jarrett, Renée
A1 Sege, Robert
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182917790
T1 Family and Community Violence
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182917790
RD 2024/04/19
AB Violence  is  among  the  leading  causes  of  death  and  disability  for  American  children  and  adolescents.  The  epidemic  of  murder  took  the  lives  of  approximately  2000  young  people  annually  between  1980  and  2002.  During  this  period,  approximately  1  out  of  every  4  youth  homicides  was  committed  by  juveniles.  Overall,  homicide  was  the  third  leading  cause  of  death  for  youth  aged  13  to  21  and  the  leading  cause  of  death  for  African  American  young  men  in  this  age  category.  Altogether,  violence  claimed  the  lives  of  6849  Americans  under  22  years  old  in  2014  (7.5  per  100,000);  homicide  and  suicide  were  among  the  top  three  causes  of  death  in  the  pediatric  population.  Despite  a  recent  national  decline  in  the  homicide  rate,  the  United  States  continues  to  have  one  of  the  highest  homicide  rates  in  the  world.