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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)
Infant Mortality rate: 5.60 deaths per 1,000 live births; Source: Mortality in the United States, 2022, data tables for figures 1, 5. Number of deaths for leading causes of death: Heart disease: 702,880; Cancer: 608,371; Accidents (unintentional injuries): 227,039; COVID-19: 186,552; Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 165,393
Deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among ages 0-18 years in the United States.
In 2020, 141 children ages 0–17 died from COVID-19 (0.2 deaths per 100,000 population). In 2021, deaths from COVID-19 among children increased to 434 (0.6). In both 2020 and 2021, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 among children under age 12 were higher than the number among adolescents ages 12–17.
20 kwi 2022 · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated official mortality data that showed 45,222 firearm-related deaths in the United States in 2020 — a new peak. 1 ...
19 gru 2018 · 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...
The infant mortality rate was 543.6 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021. The change in infant mortality from 2020 was not statistically significant. This report presents final 2021 U.S. mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics.
