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Children injured by guns

In Pennsylvania in 2011, 34 children under the age of 14 four of them under age 5 were injured by guns. The Pennsylvania Department of Health compiled a report that includes the instances of firearm injuries requiring hospitalization among children aged 14 and under. Here are the numbers by county for 2011, the most recent data available:

Allegheny County: 2Cumberland County: 2Dauphin County: 2Delaware County: 4Lancaster County: 1Lawrence County: 1Lehigh County: 1Luzerne County: 1Northampton County: 2Philadelphia County: 17Snyder County: 1Here's how the statewide numbers of children age 14 and younger who were hospitalized due to gunshots have changed over the past 10 years, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health:2001: 552002: 572003: 412004: 412005: 362006: 442007: 372008: 292009: 262010: 25