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LESODAD: WELCOME BACK TO “MAERTT OF FACT.” GUN VIOLENCE IS NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDRENND A TEENAGERS IN THE U.S. ACCORDING TO THE CENTERSOR F DISEASE CONTROL, BETWE 2019EN AN D 2020, GUN RELATED DEHSAT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE INCREAS BED NEARLY 30%. WHILE GUN CONTROL HAS LONG BEEN A MAJOR POLITICAL ISSUE, IT IS ALSO A MATTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH DR. DEBRA HOURY IS ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE CD DR. DEBRA HOURY, THANKS FOR TALKING WITHS. IT IS NICE TO TALK TO YOU. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. SO, HOW DO YOU SEE GUN VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISS AUEND NOT A POLITICAISL SUE, OR A GUN ISSUE OR A LAW ISSUE? >> SO, FOR ME, IT’S SILE I’M AN ER DOC, YOU KNOW, SO I SEE PATIENTS COME IN AFTER A GUN VIOLENCE INJURY, A IND WANT TO KNOW HOW C IOULD PREVENT IT. AND THEN WHEN I CAME TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTLRO PREVENTION, THE CDC, I KNEW THAT WE COULD PREVENT IT BY FOCUSGIN ON COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE AND REALLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN INTERVENE BEFORE THE VIOLENCE EVEN OCCURS. SOLEDAD: HOW LONG HAS THE CDC BEEN TRACKING INFORMATION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, AND WHAT KIND OF TRACKING DO YOU DO? >> SO, WE’VE TRACKED DATA ON MANY DIFFERENT HEALTH THRES,AT YOU KNOW, FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESRESU, TO DIABETES TO GUN VIOLEN.CE AND THE CDC INJURY CENTER HAS BEEN DOING THIS R FO30 YEA.RS WHAT IS DIFFERENT, THOUGH, IS TWO YEARS AGO, WE RECEEDIV FUNDING FROM CONGRESS TO BE ABLE TO DO RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS ON GUN VIOLEN.CE SOLEDAD: WHAT IS SOME OF THE MOST SURPRISING INFORMATION TH YOU HAVE FOUND IN SOME OF THIS RESEARCH? I THINK WHAT IS SURPRISING BUT REALLY DISHEARTENING IS TH INCREASE AS WE HAVE SEEN -- OMFR 2019 TO 2020, THERE WAS A 35% INCREASE IN THE RATE OF FIREARM HOMICIDE AND EVEN MORE DISTURBING IS THE RACIALND A ETHNIC DIFFERENCES, WITH A 21 FOLD DIFFEREE IN FIREARM HOMICIDE DEATHS. A OND -- FIREARM HOMICIDE DEATHS, AND OUR BLACK YOUNG MEN COMPAREDO T OUR WHITE YOUNG MEN. SOLEDAD: SO BLACK YOUNG MEN ARE DYING AT A MUCH, MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN WHITE YOUNG MEN WHEN IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE. >> YES, 21 TIMES HIGHER. SOLEDAD: WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT THAT NUMBER OF YOUNG BLKAC MEN WHO ARDYE ING IN GUN VIOLENCE. WHAT EXPLAINS THIS, ISTH NUMBER THAT’S MASSIVE? AND THEN HOW DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY, TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO THAT VERSUS THEHE T MASS SHOOTINGS THAT SEEM TO REALLY TAKE UP THE HEADLINES? MASS SHOOTINGS ARE ABOUT 2% OR LESS OF ALL OF THE FIREARM DEATHS THAT WE SEE. AND ACTUALLY, THE MAJORITY OF FIREARM DEATHS ARE FMRO SUICIDES. AND SO, THAT’S ANOTHER AREA THAT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, IS HOW LETH AAL FIREARM CAN BE, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS OF HURTING YOURSELF. SOLEDAD: SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, THEN WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN? >> WE KNOW SOME OF THE RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS AUNRO FIREARM VIOLENCE, OR ANY HEALTH CONDITION AND FIREARM VIOLENCE. WE KNOW THAT. WHEN I LOOK AT THE VAST MARIJOTY OF GUN OWNERS, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE. SO WHAWET ARE FOCUSED ON IS, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS GOOD SAFETY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WHO DO DO SPORT SHOOTING? HOW DO YOU MAKE RESU A GUN OWNER STORES ARE CORRECTLY AND PROPERLY, SO IT’S NOT USED AGAINST THEM OR A LOVED ONE? TO REALLY JUST COME TOGETHER, I THINK WE ALL DO NOT WANT TO SEE THESE NEEDLESS DEATHS. IF WE CAN PREVENT THOSE DEAS,TH WE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. SO