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Wrong dickhead
That's the New England Journal of Medicine.
What do you have saying otherwise?
Table 1.
The 10 Leading Causes of Child and Adolescent Death in the United States in 2016, in Order of Frequency.*Cause of Death | No. of Deaths | Rate per 100,000 (95% CI) | Percent of Deaths |
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All causes | 20,360 | 26.06 (25.70–26.42) | |
All injury-related causes | 12,336 | 15.79 (15.51–16.07) | 60.6 |
Motor vehicle crash | 4,074 | 5.21 (5.06–5.38) | 20.0 |
Firearm-related injury | 3,143 | 4.02 (3.88–4.16) | 15.4 |
Homicide | 1,865 | 2.39 (2.28–2.50) | |
Suicide | 1,102 | 1.41 (1.33–1.50) | |
Unintentional | 126 | 0.16 (0.13–0.19) | |
Undetermined intent | 50 | 0.06 (0.05–0.09) | |
Malignant neoplasm | 1,853 | 2.37 (2.27–2.48) | 9.1 |
Suffocation† | 1,430 | 1.83 (1.74–1.93) | 7.0 |
Suicide | 1,110 | 1.42 (1.34–1.51) | |
Unintentional | 235 | 0.30 (0.26–0.34) | |
Drowning | 995 | 1.27 (1.20–1.36) | 4.9 |
Drug overdose or poisoning | 982 | 1.26 (1.18–1.34) | 4.8 |
Suicide | 123 | 0.16 (0.13–0.19) | |
Unintentional | 761 | 0.97 (0.91–1.05) | |
Congenital anomalies | 979 | 1.25 (1.18–1.33) | 4.8 |
Heart disease | 599 | 0.77 (0.71–0.83) | 2.9 |
Fire or burns | 340 | 0.44 (0.39–0.48) | 1.7 |
Unintentional | 272 | 0.35 (0.31–0.39) | |
Chronic lower respiratory disease | 274 | 0.35 (0.31–0.40) | 1.3 |
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The Major Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States
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