COVID-19 ist eine der häufigsten Todesursachen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in den USA

Between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall.

COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death for more than 940,000 people in the US, including over 1,300 deaths among children and young people aged 0–19 years.

Until now, it had been unclear how the burden of deaths from COVID-19 compared with other leading causes of deaths in this age group.

Among children and young people aged 0 – 19 years in the US, COVID-19 ranked:

• eighth among all causes of death
• fifth among all disease-related causes of death
• first in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases

By age group, COVID-19 ranked:

• seventh (infants)
• seventh (1–4 year olds)
• sixth (5–9 year olds)
• sixth (10–14 year olds)
• fifth (15–19 year olds)

COVID-19 was the underlying cause for 2% of deaths in children and young people (800 out of 43,000), with an overall death rate of 1.0 per 100,000 of the population aged 0–19.

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