Child and Adolescent All-Cause Mortality in the United States vs Peer Nations: 1935-2023.
US child mortality fell 89% since 1935, though it now lags peer nations—revealing where better prevention and care could save young lives.
All-cause mortality declined 89.0% in the United States (477.6 to 52.4 per 100 000) from 1935 to 2023, compared with 96.6% in OECD13 (785.1 to 26.9 per 100 000). US mortality crossed over OECD13 in 1975 and remained higher thereafter.
What the study was
- Study design
- Comparative time-series study
- Population
- Children and adolescents
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- Pediatrics
Why it surfaced
Matched sentinel/out-of-watchlist; Comparative time-series study; human evidence; conservative score 9/10.
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