A first-of-its-kind study looked at children, across Florida, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin, who live in disadvantaged zip codes, and calculated their odds of being hospitalized for a gunshot wound.
It found that in some instances, the odds were 20 times greater than they are for children who do not live in disadvantaged zip codes. Since 2020, guns have been the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S.
Dr. Mehul Raval is the Head of Pediatric Surgery at Lurie Children’s Hospital and a co-author of the study…