The child mortality rate is going up — and for reasons we can prevent | Opinion
The Texas legislature meets for only 140 days every two years.New research showing an alarming jump in mortality rates among our nation’s children should get the attention of our own Texas lawmakers.
He and other researchers examined mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other sources from 1999 to 2020, and some preliminary data for 2021. They found that after years of declines in childhood mortality, due in large part to advances in medical treatment and public health measures, that trend sharply reversed beginning in 2019.
Unlike with adults, the sharp rise in the child mortality rate was not attributed to COVID-19, at least not directly. Increased deaths were related instead to injuries from events such as car accidents, homicides, suicides and poisonings, most often overdoses, according to researchers.
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