@article{ref1,
title="Increasing all-cause mortality in US children and adolescents - reply",
journal="JAMA journal of the American Medical Association",
year="2023",
author="Woolf, S.H. and Wolf, E.R. and Rivara, F.P.",
volume="330",
number="3",
pages="e283-e283",
abstract="In Reply In their Letter about our recent Viewpoint,1 Dr Probst and colleagues rightly emphasize the health challenges facing rural youth in the US. Pediatric mortality rates in rural counties--already higher than in metropolitan areas--increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data indicate that between 2019 and 2021, all-cause mortality at ages 1 to 19 years increased by 14% in rural (nonmetropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore2) counties.3,4 The primary cause was not COVID-19, which explained one-fifth of the increase, but fatal injuries and poisonings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0098-7484",
doi="10.1001/jama.2023.8750",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.8750"
}