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Last updated on: 8/29/2018 | Author: ProCon.org

The Real Top 20 Causes of Death

Posted on August 29, 2018 (April 6, 2022) by ProCon.org

Firearms are the 12th leading cause of death overall in the United States, but didn’t show up in the CDC’s Top 20 list. Find out why and dig into the numbers.

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