Mortality trends and leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults--United States, 1979-1988.
Approximately three fourths of the more than 40,000 deaths each year among persons aged 10-24 years in the United States are related to preventable causes such as motor-vehicle crashes (37%), homicide (14%), suicide (12%), and other injuries (e.g., drowning, poisoning, and burns) (12%). To characterize changes in leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults during 1979-1988, data were analyzed from the vital statistics mortality reporting system maintained by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. This report summarizes the results of the analysis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology