They were commented upon by the agency each time. If this trend continues, by 2000 the national rate of death from firearms will surpass that from motor-vehicle crashes. Handgun Control Inc. As such, it gives a greater air of authority to an absolutely wrong claim. Just like HCI, CDC arrives at this prediction by stopping at 1994 data despite the existence of later data disproving the prediction.
Guns kill fewer people than cars.
Guns are dropping at a faster rate. The prediction is wrong. I don't know why the CDCers are maintaining this misleading information, but I would be no less disturbed if the reason simply were negligence. Whether due to negligence or deceitful intent, health trend misinformation is dangerous. Indeed, that is why CDC publishes its hoax debunkers.