YC Mashup: Leading cause of Death in Older Teens
Not to be a downer but this is GREAT info to know if you have a teenager driving!!!! Found these sobering stats over
here.
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% |
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