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  2. Apr 20, 2022 · Figure 1. Leading Causes of Death among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999 through 2020. In addition, drug overdose and poisoning increased by 83.6% from 2019 to 2020 among...

  3. Mar 29, 2023 · Key facts: The latest available data pertinent to this claim covers 2020 and 2021. As of this writing, there is no data available for 2022 and 2023. The claim that guns were the leading cause of...

  4. Jun 13, 2023 · According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the growing childhood death rates between 2019 and 2021 were primarily due to firearm injuries, drug overdoses, and car accidents. Gun deaths, overdoses, and car accidents caused childhood deaths to rise during the pandemic.

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    Data are for the U.S.

    •Percent of children ages 0–4 years who are in fair or poor health: 1.5% (2022)

    •Percent of children ages 5–11 years who are in fair or poor health: 2.2% (2022)

    •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: 8.0% (2022)

    Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2022

    •Percent of children ages 2–5 years with obesity: 12.7% (2017-March 2020)

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    •Trends in Child and Adolescent Health from Health, United States

    •United States Life Tables, 2021 [PDF – 2 MB]

    •U.S. State Life Tables, 2020 [PDF – 955 KB]

    •National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2021 Emergency Department Summary Tables [PDF – 865 KB]

    •National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables [PDF – 864 KB]

    •Long COVID in Children: United States, 2022

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    •Mortality Statistics •National Health Interview Survey •National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey •National Institute for Child Health and Human Development •KIDS Count

  5. Apr 20, 2022 · children and adolescents, becoming the third leading cause of death in that age group. This change is largely explained by the 110.6% in-crease in unintentional poisonings from 2019 to 2020.

  6. 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).

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