Citation

Woolf SH, Wolf ER, Rivara FP. J. Am. Med. Assoc. JAMA 2023; 330(3): e283.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jama.2023.8750

PMID

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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.

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