Trends in US Children's Mortality, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Functional Status, and Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Recent scientific and policy statements suggest that child health may be worsening in the US.

Objective

To determine how US children's health has been changing from 2007 to 2023 using multiple data collection methods and a comprehensive set of health indicators.

Design, setting, and participants

Repeated, cross-sectional analyses using mortality statistics from the US and 18 comparator high-income nations from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD18), 5 nationally representative surveys, and electronic health records from 10 pediatric health systems (PEDSnet). The populations included individuals younger than 20 years old. Unweighted denominator sample size ranges were 1623 to 95 677 across the surveys, 1 026 926 to 2 114 638 for

SUBMITTER: Forrest CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12235530 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature