Leading Causes of Death - Older Teens
Leading causes of death in the United States - older teenagers
The top three causes, Unintentional injury (accidents), Assault (homicide) and Self inflicted injury (suicide), accounted for more than three quarter (76.32 percent) of all deaths among older teens (ages 15 through 19) in 2002. Note that automobile accident is the number one cause of death , considerably standing out in this age group, accounting for about 40%.
Top 20 Causes of Death - Older Teen (15 - 19)
| Rank |
Cause of Death |
Total Deaths |
No of Deaths |
Percent |
|
All Deaths |
13812 |
13812 |
100.00% |
| 1 |
Unintentional Injury |
|
7137 |
51.67% |
|
* Motor Vehicle Traffic |
|
5522 |
39.98% |
|
* Poisoning |
|
486 |
3.52% |
|
* Drowning |
|
320 |
2.32% |
|
* Firearm |
|
107 |
0.77% |
|
* Other Land Transport |
|
100 |
0.72% |
|
* Fire/burn |
|
86 |
0.62% |
|
* Fall |
|
83 |
0.60% |
|
* Unspecified |
|
79 |
0.57% |
|
* Other Transport |
|
69 |
0.50% |
|
* Pedestrian, Other |
|
68 |
0.49% |
|
* Suffocation |
|
68 |
0.49% |
|
* Other Spec., classifiable |
|
56 |
0.41% |
|
* Natural/ Environment |
|
30 |
0.22% |
|
* Struck by or Against |
|
30 |
0.22% |
|
* Machinery |
|
11 |
0.08% |
|
* Other Spec., NEC |
|
11 |
0.08% |
|
* Pedal cyclist, Other |
|
7 |
0.05% |
|
* Cut/pierce |
|
4 |
0.03% |
| 2 |
Homicide |
|
1892 |
13.70% |
| 3 |
Suicide |
|
1513 |
10.95% |
| 4 |
Malignant Neoplasms |
|
723 |
5.23% |
| 5 |
Heart Disease |
|
405 |
2.93% |
| 6 |
Congenital Anomalies |
|
248 |
1.80% |
| 7 |
Chronic Respiratory Disease |
|
93 |
0.67% |
| 8 |
Influenza & Pneumonia |
|
75 |
0.54% |
| 9 |
Diabetes Mellitus |
|
55 |
0.40% |
| 10 |
Cerebrovascular |
|
53 |
0.38% |
| 11 |
Septicemia |
|
49 |
0.35% |
| 12 |
Anemias |
|
42 |
0.30% |
| 13 |
Benign Neoplasms |
|
41 |
0.30% |
| 14 |
HIV |
|
38 |
0.28% |
| 15 |
Complicated Pregnancy |
|
28 |
0.20% |
| 16 |
Meningococcal Infection |
|
21 |
0.15% |
| 17 |
Nephritis |
|
21 |
0.15% |
| 18 |
Aortic Aneurysm |
|
20 |
0.14% |
| 19 |
Pneumonitis |
|
16 |
0.12% |
| 20 |
Perinatal Period |
|
14 |
0.10% |
|
All Others |
|
1328 |
9.61% |
Data Source: National Center for Health Statistics
National Vital Statistics Reports March 7, 2005
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