TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Increasing all-cause mortality in US children and adolescents - reply
JO  - JAMA journal of the American Medical Association
A1  - Woolf, S.H.
A1  - Wolf, E.R.
A1  - Rivara, F.P.
SP  - e283
EP  - e283
VL  - 330
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0098-7484
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.8750
ID  - ref1
ER  -