African American Youth, Guns and Violence, CGreenlee and EJordan2

Comments With Dr. James Haney Presents*African American Youth, Guns and Violence, with CGreenlee and EJordan, two activist who have been involved in educating the public the impact of guns, gangs, and violence upon African American youth and what must be done to rectify this situation, Part 2
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In 1990, 275 Tennessee teenagers between 15 and 19 years old died by violent deaths from homicides, suicides, and accidents. More than 14,000 American teens died by violent means the same year. Tennessee ranks 34th nationally in the number of violent teen deaths, with only sixteen states reporting a higher teen violent death rate. This was the information issued recently by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth in the "Kids Count Dissemination Advisory Committee Report."
The Committee reported that Tennessee's violent death rate was 75 deaths per 100,000 teens in the population. The highest number of violent deaths occurred in urban counties, but the highest rate occurred in Lewis County, one of Tennessee's rural counties. This is primarily due to the fact that "accidental deaths, and not suicide and homicide, account for most teen deaths." Therefore, the Report explained: "An automobile accident involving multiple teens in a sparsely populated county would dramatically inflate the county's teen violent death rate." (The death of the two teens on Christmas Eve in Perry County would have increased the number of deaths in this rural county by two and given it a rate of 645.3, and the highest rate in the state). 160, or 58% of Tennessee teens died in motor vehicle accidents; 40, or 14.5% committed suicide; while 44, or 16% were victims of homicides. Thirty-one teens died from "Other Accidents."
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