Child mortality is rising at the fastest rate in 50 years

Pediatric death rates are rising mostly because of injuries, as opposed to diseases such as cancer and COVID-19. Boys are dying at nearly twice the rate of girls. Black and Hispanic boys are dying in homicides at much higher rates than non-Hispanic whites. 

But researchers found the death rate rising for children of both genders and multiple races and across several causational categories, from car accidents to drug overdose...

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3910940-child-mortality-is-rising-at-the-fastest-rate-in-50-years/