4: Unintentional Injury Deaths
among Children 0 to 19 Years,
United States, 2000 – 2005
4.5: Injury Deaths by Age Group and Cause
The death rate for transportation-related injuries was highest among those 15 years and older while the death rate for suffocation was dramatically lower after the first year of life. Injury death rates from fires or burns and drowning both peaked among children 1 to 4 years of age. Unintentional poisoning death rates peaked among the 15 to 19 year olds. Transportation-related injuries among 15 to 19 were more than 5 times the rate of those 10 to 14. (Fig 9 and 10)
In order to more easily see some of these changes by age group, Fig 10 shows the death rates for the four causes with rates less than 3.0 per 100,000: burns, drowning, falls and poisoning.
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- Page last reviewed: December 10, 2008
- Page last updated: December 10, 2008
- Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Unintentional Injury
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