- Nearly 1,300 children die and 5,790 are treated for gunshot wounds each year, finds the most comprehensive analysis of firearm-related deaths and injuries among US children to date, based on data from 2002 to 2014, published in the journal Pediatrics. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/06/15/peds.2016-3486 59 comments science