Child Mortality Increased 14% From 2018 To 2023

Child mortality increased 14%, from 25.9 to 29.6 deaths per 100,000 children ages 1 to 19 between 2018-2020 and 2021-2023, according to the recently published Health of Women and Children 2025 Report, from The United Health Foundation, which was established by UnitedHealth Group in 1999 as a nonprofit, private foundation dedicated to improving health and health care.

“Most of these deaths could have been prevented,” the report stated. “The top causes of injury deaths (both intentional and unintentional) were firearms, motor vehicle traffic accidents, and poisoning.”

In 2023, women ages 18 to 44 made up . . .