What were the risks and patterns of childhood deaths before and during the COVID-19 pandemic? JAMANetworkOpen cardiffuni BristolUni child childhood childhealth pandemic COVID19 coronavirus covid
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDJan 10 2023Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic led to worldwide disruption of childhood healthcare services, and excess mortality has been reported in many countries over the pandemic years. A new study published in JAMA Network Open describes the pattern of childhood deaths over 2019-21, the first two years of the pandemic, hoping to help identify the risks associated with these events.
What did the study show? The scientists found that just over 3,400 deaths occurred among children between April 2019 and March 2020. In comparison, there were just over 3030 deaths during the next 12 months, but almost 3,430 deaths from April 2021 to March 2022. Overall, the number of deaths over three years appeared to be four percent less than expected from the risk levels existing during the 2019-20 levels. This could be due to fewer-than-expected deaths from infection and underlying disease.
Children below 14 years were less likely to die in 2020-21 vs. 2019-20 or 2021-22, but older children did not show fewer infection-related deaths over the first period. Conversely, their death risk increased by over 2.5 times in 2021-22 compared to 2019-20.
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