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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 61 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They found that a U.S. child was 15% to 20% more likely to have a chronic condition in 2023 than a child in 2011. In particular, the prevalence of depression, anxiety, sleep apnea and obesity all increased, as did rates of autism, behavioral problems, developmental delays and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Yikes, that's bad.

"What we found is that from 2010 to 2023, kids in the United States were 80% more likely to die" than their peers in these nations, he says.

Among infants, these disparities in mortality were driven largely by sudden unexpected infant death and prematurity. In older children and adolescents, the gap was fueled by gun violence, motor-vehicle crashes and substance abuse.

Imagine a child in the US being almost twice as likely to die as compared to a peer in Europe - and it falling down to guns, car accidents, drugs, and lack of healthcare. This is very sad.

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Our billionaires are much richer than the ones in Europe, so we have that going for us.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not quite twice as likely, but that's OK, Trump is working hard on getting it even higher.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Those are rookie numbers

And on the autism and ADHD diagnoses the definitions have changed over the years. Nobody really gets an Asperger's diagnosis anymore, it's ASD Type 1. People are also more aware of the term and more likely to get their children evaluated instead of dismissing them as "different" or "mentally handicapped".