Beckley Register-Herald, Yahoo News, Bluefield Daily Telegraph– West Virginia has the highest concentration of bereaved children with 13.7% – or 1 in 7 children – projected to experience the loss of a parent or sibling by age 18, according to the 2024 Childhood Bereavement Estimation Model.
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Nationwide, approximately 8% of children will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18 – roughly 1 in 12 children.
Numerous components factor into the statistics.
