Leading Causes of Death - College Age
Leading causes of death in the United States - college age young adults
The top three causes, Unintentional injury (accidents), Assault (homicide) and Self inflicted injury (suicide), accounted for close to three quarter (73.3 percent) of all deaths among college age young adults (ages 20 through 24) in 2002. Note that automobile accident is the number one cause of death in this age group, accounting for about 30%.
Top 20 Causes of Death - Young Adult (20 - 24)
| Rank |
Cause of Death |
Total Deaths |
No of Deaths |
Percent |
|
All Deaths |
19234 |
19234 |
100.00% |
| 1 |
Unintentional Injury |
|
8275 |
43.02% |
|
* MV Traffic |
|
5712 |
29.70% |
|
* Poisoning |
|
1193 |
6.20% |
|
* Drowning |
|
309 |
1.61% |
|
* Fall |
|
164 |
0.85% |
|
* Other Land Transport |
|
113 |
0.59% |
|
* Fire/burn |
|
110 |
0.57% |
|
* Firearm |
|
103 |
0.54% |
|
* Other Spec., classifiable |
|
102 |
0.53% |
|
* Suffocation |
|
87 |
0.45% |
|
* Pedestrian, Other |
|
86 |
0.45% |
|
* Other Transport |
|
83 |
0.43% |
|
* Unspecified |
|
71 |
0.37% |
|
* Struck by or Against |
|
46 |
0.24% |
|
* Machinery |
|
29 |
0.15% |
|
* Natural/ Environment |
|
27 |
0.14% |
|
* Other Spec., NEC |
|
23 |
0.12% |
|
* Pedal cyclist, Other |
|
10 |
0.05% |
|
* Cut/pierce |
|
7 |
0.04% |
| 2 |
Homicide |
|
3327 |
17.30% |
| 3 |
Suicide |
|
2497 |
12.98% |
| 4 |
Malignant Neoplasms |
|
1007 |
5.24% |
| 5 |
Heart Disease |
|
617 |
3.21% |
| 6 |
Congenital Anomalies |
|
244 |
1.27% |
| 7 |
HIV |
|
140 |
0.73% |
| 8 |
Cerebrovascular |
|
118 |
0.61% |
| 9 |
Diabetes Mellitus |
|
116 |
0.60% |
| 10 |
Chronic Respiratory Disease |
|
99 |
0.51% |
| 11 |
Influenza & Pneumonia |
|
92 |
0.48% |
| 12 |
Anemias |
|
69 |
0.36% |
| 13 |
Septicemia |
|
69 |
0.36% |
| 14 |
Nephritis |
|
63 |
0.33% |
| 15 |
Complicated Pregnancy |
|
61 |
0.32% |
| 16 |
Benign Neoplasms |
|
46 |
0.24% |
| 17 |
Pneumonitis |
|
28 |
0.15% |
| 18 |
Liver Disease |
|
24 |
0.12% |
| 19 |
Aortic Aneurysm |
|
19 |
0.10% |
| 20 |
Hypertension |
|
17 |
0.09% |
|
All Others |
|
2306 |
11.99% |
Data Source: National Center for Health Statistics
National Vital Statistics Reports March 7, 2005
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