Posted on 03/16/2023 9:26:23 AM PDT by lightman
Mortality rates among American children and adolescents rose by almost 20 percent in just two years, with non-COVID injuries being a top reason for increased deaths.
Between 2019 and 2020, all-cause mortality rates for Americans in the age group of 1 to 19 years jumped by 10.7 percent, according to data collected and published by JAMA Network from the American Medical Association. This was followed by an 8.3 percent spike between 2020 and 2021. The total mortality rate in the two years between 2019 and 2021 was 19 percent—the biggest increase in at least 50 years. “These increases, the largest in decades, followed a period of great progress in reducing pediatric mortality rates,” the editorial stated.
“This reversal in the pediatric mortality trajectory was caused not by COVID-19, but by injuries,” the editorial stated. “In 2020, the COVID-19 mortality rate at ages 1 to 19 years was 0.24 deaths per 100 000, but the absolute increase in injury deaths alone was nearly 12 times higher (2.80 deaths per 100 000).”
Between 2019 and 2020, injury mortality rose by 22.6 percent among those between the ages of 10 and 19, with homicides rising by 39.1 percent and drug overdose deaths jumping by 113.5 percent. Among children aged 1 to 9 years, injuries accounted for 63.7 percent of the increase in all-cause mortality in 2021.
“We’ve now reached a tipping point where the number of injury-related deaths is so high that it is offsetting many of the gains we’ve made in treating other diseases,” said Elizabeth Wolf, an author of the editorial and an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Medicine.
Non-COVID Death Causes
The editorial points out that the increase in injury deaths predates the pandemic. For instance, suicides among individuals between 10 and 19 years of age began to rise in 2007, with homicide rates starting to increase in 2013.
Between 2007 and 2019, mortality rates for suicide rose by 69.5 percent. Between 2013 and 2019, homicide rates increased by 32.7 percent. The editorial blamed the increase in suicide and homicide rates on a “deepening” mental health crisis and access to firearms.
Despite the fear created by the pandemic, the share of COVID-19 in deaths among children and young people (CYP) was lower when compared to other causes, according to a Jan. 30 study published in JAMA Network.
The study identified 821 deaths among CYP aged 0 to 19 years between August 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022, in the United States and compared it with other causes of death in 2019 prior to the pandemic. COVID-19 was ranked eighth among all causes of death within this demographic, accounting for 2 percent of all causes of death.
According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, unintentional injuries were the leading cause of death among children in 2020, accounting for 12.5 percent of deaths below the age of 12 and 31.4 percent of deaths among adolescents aged 12-17.
COVID-19 accounted for 0.3 percent of deaths in children under the age of 12 and 0.8 percent of deaths among those aged 12-17.
Mental Stress Among Children
Mental health among children and adolescents worsened during the pandemic per a paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry that analyzed emergency department visits. The analysis found a 22 percent jump in youth visits for suicide attempts when comparing the period prior to the pandemic to the pandemic period until July 2021.
This surge in suicide visits happened even though there was a 32 percent reduction in pediatric emergency department visits for health-related reasons during the pandemic. In addition, there was also an 8 percent increase in visits for suicidal ideation—referring to individuals who entertain suicidal thoughts.
A study on the National Poison Data System found that suspected suicide attempts through self-poisoning among children rose by 26.7 percent between 2015 and 2020.
“We need to be vigilant for the warning signs associated with suicide risk in our children,” said Dr. Christopher Holstege, chief of the division of medical toxicology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
“Our study is one of a number that demonstrates that we are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis in younger age groups. As a society, we must commit more resources to the mental health needs of our children.”
/s
and the FDA this week demanded another untested “vaccine”
for infants.
another month, and new untested (**) demands by those
elected by no one, paid for by BIGPharma and CCP,
to murder by mandate.
untested means no animals, just dead humans and babies
ignored. records of deaths ignored.
accountability = 0.0
I wouldn’t worry unless they start to die suddenly or something
Are those technically “non-covid“ factors?
The murder rate skyrockets every time the dems panic about an erection coming up. Murder rates of school children have skyrocketed since the demented pedophile rose to power. FJB. Gotta get that Nazi gun confiscation “executive baby wipe” signed in front of a bunch of “scratch and sniff”, little Hispanic children.
they won't have to suffer through an entire lifetime in this digital woke shithole they are creating.
"Alexa , find my euthanasia kit"
“Injuries” — suddenly, bikes, skateboards, stairs, swimming pools, hockey, football, dancing and baseball are a LOT more dangerous. Funny how that is.
” Among children aged 1 to 9 years, injuries accounted for 63.7 percent of the increase in all-cause mortality in 2021.”
I’d like to know more about this. What types of injuries have increased 63% and killing 1 to 9 year olds?
“it would have been much worse without the vaccine”
Don’t forget Fentanyl’s effect on those considered “children”...
Gee, I wonder what it could be?.................CLIMATE CHANGE!...................
hmmmm, wonder what happened in the past 3 years that could be causing this.
Its probably all just in our heads.
Tough times make strong men.
Strong Men make easy times.
Easy times make weak men.
Weak men make tough times.
Anyone want to guess which phase of the human life cycle we are in right now?
Folks, things will get a lot uglier before they get better. A tsunami of destruction is fast approaching what we know as the civilized world.
I don’t want to say its the vaxx but.......
“The murder rate skyrockets every time the dems panic about an erection coming up.”
Funny that they would panic over something as common as someone raising a new building. Dems are weird I guess.
WE are the neo-marxists now.
In atheistic, post-modern, anti-human societies - ESPECIALLY where such things are imposed top-down by government, people will find ways to extinguish themselves.
In the Soviet Union, it was via alcohol and suicide.
Now that we have the same anti-humanist policies imposed on us - Americans are finding ways to do the same - illegal drugs, government drugs, mental illness, obesity, euthenasia etc...
Indeed. Today's kids are largely coddled and looked after by helicopter parents. Back in the 60s, we had no car seats, no seat belts, no bike helmets, we played with lawn darts and did crazy stuff with bikes similar tools of destruction. Kids today? They stare at screens a lot. So a 63% increase in "injuries" seems odd.
🥲
Defunding the police and Fentenyl poisoning counts for a big chunk of it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.