US children are 80 percent more likely to die before adulthood than children in peer nations!
As with other “why do Americans die so young?” questions the cause is everything: (maternal) health care, guns, cars, diet, poverty, social isolation and mental health etc etc
The root cause is a lack of social democracy.
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/us-child-deaths-health-safety
#USA #USPol #Health #Children #Medicine #Science #Capitalism #Economics #SocialScience
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