Chapter 11. Death at an Early Age? Almost Never!

11.1 Synopsis

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Death at an Early Age? Almost Never!

This activity shows how the period between early childhood and adolescence (known as middle childhood) is the healthiest of the entire life span.

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11.2 Death at an Early Age? Almost Never!

Death at an Early Age? Almost Never!

Schoolchildren are remarkably hardy, as measured in many ways. These charts show that death rates for 6- to 11-year-olds are lower than those for children younger than 6 or older than 11 and are about 100 times lower than those for adults.

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11.3 Death at an Early Age? Almost Never!

Death at an Early Age? Almost Never!

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Question 11.1 Compare Graph results

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Look at the vertical axes. From age 1 to age 20, the annual death rate is less than 1 in 1,000.

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REFERENCES

National Center for Health Statistics. (2016, December). Data are from the Compressed Mortality File 1999-2015 Series 20 No. 2U, 2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. CDC WONDER. Retrieved from: https://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2017). Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. CDC WONDER. Retrieved from: https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html