{"id":16778,"date":"2024-11-19T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T11:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16778"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T12:28:27","slug":"whats-killing-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16778","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Killing Kids?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We explore America\u2019s childhood death rate.<\/p>\n

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If I drew you a graph that showed the death rate among American kids, you would see a backward check mark: Fewer kids died over the last several decades, thanks to everything from leukemia drugs to bicycle helmets. Then, suddenly, came a reversal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Child mortality rate<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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A chart that shows a decrease in the child mortality rate from 1968 through 2015, followed by an increase from 2019 to 2021.<\/div>\n

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75 deaths per 100,000<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The childhood death rate<\/p>\n

increased 18 percent<\/p>\n

between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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45<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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30<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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15<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1970<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1980<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1990<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2000<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2010<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2020<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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75 deaths per 100,000<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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60<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The childhood death rate<\/p>\n

increased 18 percent<\/p>\n

between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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45<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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30<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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15<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1970<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1975<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1980<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1985<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1990<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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1995<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2000<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2005<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2010<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2015<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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2020<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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