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We assessed temporal and regional trends in pediatric fatalities due to weather events in the United States over the last 21\u00a0years.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted an ecological study of weather-related pediatric fatalities between 2001 and 2021 using the National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database. Weather-related fatalities were compared with pediatric fatalities included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research database. The change in the proportion of all-cause pediatric fatalities associated with weather events was assessed over time. The frequency of events occurring in regions with Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence (COE) was examined.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Between 2001 and 2021, weather events were associated with 1423 pediatric fatalities. Sixty percent of fatalities occurred in male children, with a bimodal distribution in age. Flood\/currents accounted for the largest proportion of fatalities (37%, n\u2009=\u2009524), followed by cold\/ice\/winter weather (13%, n\u2009=\u2009192), tornadoes (13%, n\u2009=\u2009183), heat (12%, n\u2009=\u2009168), and hurricanes\/storms (11%, n\u2009=\u2009155). Although no significant difference was noted in the absolute number of fatalities over time (P\u2009=\u2009.18), the proportion of all-cause pediatric fatalities associated with weather events increased (P\u2009=\u2009.006) over the course of the study. Forty-six percent of pediatric fatalities occurred in areas with an associated COE.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Pediatric fatalities from weather events make up an increasing proportion of childhood deaths. Expansion of health-system infrastructure for pediatric disaster planning and response may mitigate childhood deaths from weather-related disasters.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2024-067567","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,11]],"date-time":"2025-02-11T00:02:12Z","timestamp":1739232132000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Weather-Related Pediatric Fatalities in the United States: 2001 to 2021"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"155","author":[{"given":"Caroline Q.","family":"Stephens","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals, and Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarah B.","family":"Cairo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals, and Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mary E.","family":"Fallat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children\u2019s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Caroline G.","family":"Melhado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals, and Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shana","family":"Godfred-Cato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hilary","family":"Ong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"4Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher","family":"Newton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals, and Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025032616474015800_r1","article-title":"U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters","author":"NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)","year":"2024"},{"key":"2025032616474015800_r2","article-title":"2023: a historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters","author":"Smith","year":"2024"},{"issue":"5","key":"2025032616474015800_r3","first-page":"e1407","article-title":"Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council: Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 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