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Originally Posted by blueash
Reading comprehension, please. I'll once again repeat the statement which I quoted from the CDC...
Gun violence is in the top five causes of death for people from ages 1 to 64.
Now tell me again how I got it wrong. What you listed as the top five, correctly by the way, are deaths for ALL AGES and that means as most Americans die after age 64 that those diseases are what cause deaths in the elderly.
See post 50, 57 and 61 for what I actually wrote as opposed to what you claim I wrote.
Thanks for not correcting me.
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This is the CDC mission statement according to them.
—CDC works to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. —
Notice it does not say just for those under 65. The age range under 65 is used to compute YPLL which is years productive life lost. Totally different animal. Any sub group could be chosen to make any point for a political narrative. For example should the CDC investigate why blacks are only 12% of the population but commit 36% of the violent crimes, rape robbery mainly against each other. Are they just the “super predators” as a former VP once stated.
So you chose the incorrect age range to make your point. In other words you stated an hypotheses then chose data that made it work (maybe).That’s a no-no in statistics. So like it or not gun violence is not within the top five causes of death unless, of course, you live in Chicago where there are strict gun control laws. LOL