The report, published in the Population Reference Bulletin last month, found those mortality rates stagnated or worsened in the U.S. between 2013 and 2019 while comparable nations improved at ensuring their younger citizens grow old.
These deaths are often violent: The leading causes of death for American children and young adults are unintentional injuries, suicides and homicides. Many of these losses, the authors wrote, can be prevented through “aggressive” government and societal action to address poverty, discrimination and access to health care, among others.
“If you ask the general public about trends in the U.S., many people assume the U.S. has one of the better expectancies,” he said. “Reasonably low mortality. People presume early life is when children are resilient and can fight off any problems, they have higher survival rates. And we found that’s not always the case.”
“If you’re looking at closing the gap between males and females,” Rogers said, limiting younger people’s access to firearms is a good place to start. The researchers also noted broader societal factors, like the “tough it out” attitude impressed on some, which can worsen mental or physical health issues. Higher levels of risk-taking behaviors is another problem, they wrote.
Similarly, the United States had the fourth-worst infant mortality rate of any peer nation, behind only Mexico, Turkey and Chile. Like youth mortality overall, people of color endure even worse rates: Even for Black women with at least a bachelor’s degree, infant mortality rates are higher than for white women without that level of attainment.
The solution, Rogers said, “is more socioeconomic support to families.” The United States does not have universal health care, as most peer nations do, and that likely plays a role, he said. High homicide and suicide rates are also largely unique to America.
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