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Notices to Readers
Publication of Report on Firearm Mortality Among Children,
Youth, and Young Adults
CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has
released a report that addresses the increasingly high rate of
deaths from firearms among children, youth, and young adults. The
report, Firearm Mortality Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults
1--34 Years of Age, Trends and Current Status: United States,
1979--88, presents a detailed analysis of trends since 1979 on
firearm-attributable homicides, suicides, and unintentional
deaths.
Copies of the report are available free of charge from the
Scientific and Technical Information Branch, NCHS, CDC, Room
1064, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782; telephone (301)
436-8500.
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