@article{ref1,
title="Trends and disparities in deaths among young persons in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic",
journal="Annals of epidemiology",
year="2024",
author="Rossen, Lauren M. and Resendez, Adriana and Behdin, Amanda and Louis, Michael St",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: To examine changes in death rates by demographic group and by the leading causes of death in U.S. persons 1 to 24 years of age during the COVID-19 pandemic. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study using mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System from April 2017 to March 2023. Pre-pandemic death rates were compared with death rates during the pandemic overall, by race/ethnicity, age, sex, and cause group. <br><br>RESULTS: Age-adjusted death rates in young persons 1-24 years of age increased by 14.3% during the pandemic. Injury-related causes accounted for 78.2% of the increase, driven mainly by increases in homicides and unintentional injuries related to drug overdose, firearms, and motor-vehicle traffic crashes. Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic teens and young adults experienced the largest increases in deaths overall and across the leading causes of death. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: During the COVID-19 pandemic, injury-related causes accounted for the majority of the increases in deaths in children and young adults, driven mainly by firearms, drug overdoses, and motor vehicle traffic crashes. <br><br>FINDINGS highlight the importance of understanding the drivers of these marked increases in injury-related mortality and the need for injury prevention efforts among children even in the context of an infectious disease pandemic.  Keywords: CoViD-19-Road-Traffic <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1047-2797",
doi="10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.01.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.01.009"
}