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Child and teen deaths due to poisoning and drug overdoses nearly doubled during the pandemic. Between 2019 and 2021, drug overdoses surpassed cancer as the third most-common cause of death amongst US children and teens. Every race and ethnicity had an increase in overdose deaths in 2021.
Percent of children ages 5–11 years who missed 11 or more days of school in the past 12 months because of illness, injury, or disability: 7.3% (2023) Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2023
In 2020, unintentional injuries were the leading cause of death among children under age 12, accounting for 12.5% of deaths. Deaths from COVID-19 accounted for only 0.3% of deaths among children.
This report details the 10 leading causes for the 20,360 deaths of children and adolescents in the United States in 2016. The analysis also includes trends over time and comparisons among...
Since 1990, the global under-5 mortality rate has dropped by 59%, from 93 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 37 in 2022. Globally, the number of neonatal deaths also declined, from 5.2 million in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2022.
Leading Causes of Death among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999 through 2020. Children and adolescents are defined as persons 1 to 19 years of age. In addition, drug...
In 2021, unintentional injuries (accidents) were the leading cause of death for children ages 1–4 (8.5 deaths per 100,000) and ages 5–14 (4.2 deaths per 100,000). The second leading cause of death was birth defects among children ages 1–4 (2.7 deaths per 100,000) and cancer among children ages 5–14 (1.9 deaths per 100,000).
More than 20 years of mortality data revealed that the pediatric death rate rose sharply between 2019 and 2021, offsetting years of progress in medicine and public health. Child mortality in the U.S. has been in decline for decades, thanks to advances in modern medicine.
Child mortality is one of the world’s largest problems. Around 6 million children under 15 die per year. That’s around 16,000 deaths every day, or 11 every minute.
In 2020, a total of 19,582 deaths occurred in children under age 1 year, which was 1,339 fewer infant deaths than in 2019. The IMR decreased 2.9% from 558.3 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 541.9 in 2020.