Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 51
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Cause of death | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992
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5 to 14 years old
All causes .............. 46.6 42.2 41.3 35.2 30.6 26.3 25.8 25.7 24.0 23.6 22.5
Motor vehicle accidents .... 7.9 8.9 10.2 8.7 7.9 6.9 7.1 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.2
All other accidents ........ 11.3 9.8 9.9 9.4 7.1 5.7 5.2 5.3 4.5 4.6 4.1
Suicide .................... 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9
Males, white ............. 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3
Females, white ........... 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
Males, black ............. (\2\) (\2\) (\2\) 0.1 0.3 (\2\) (\2\) 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0
Females, black ........... (\2\) (\2\) 0.2 0.1 0.1 (\2\) (\2\) (\2\) (\2\) (\2\) (\2\)
Homicide\3\ ................ 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6
Males, white ............. 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2
Females, white ........... 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8
Males, black ............. 1.4 2.2 4.2 2.7 2.9 3.3 4.3 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.9
Females, black ........... 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0 3.2 3.0 3.6 2.8 3.4
Cancer ..................... 6.8 6.5 6.0 4.8 4.3 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0
Heart disease .............. 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
Pneumonia/influenza ........ 2.6 2.1 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
15 to 24 years old
All causes .............. 106.3 109.3 127.7 117.3 115.4 95.9 102.1 97.6 99.2 100.1 95.6
Motor vehicle accidents .... 38.0 44.2 47.2 39.2 44.8 35.7 37.8 34.6 34.1 32.0 28.5
All other accidents ........ 18.1 17.5 21.5 21.1 16.9 12.2 10.7 10.2 9.8 9.9 9.3
Suicide .................... 5.2 6.2 8.8 11.8 12.3 12.8 12.9 13.0 13.2 13.1 13.0
Males, white ............. 8.6 9.6 13.9 19.6 21.4 22.7 23.4 22.5 23.2 23.0 22.7
Females, white ........... 2.3 3.0 4.2 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.2 3.8
Males, black ............. 4.1 8.1 10.5 12.7 12.3 13.3 14.5 16.6 15.1 16.4 18.0
Females, black ........... (\2\) 2.7 3.8 3.2 2.3 2.0 2.6 2.9 2.3 1.6 2.2
Homicide\3\ ................ 5.9 6.8 11.7 13.7 15.6 12.1 15.4 16.5 19.9 22.4 22.2
Males, white ............. 4.4 4.9 7.9 11.2 15.5 11.2 11.5 12.3 15.4 16.9 17.5
Females, white ........... 1.5 1.8 2.7 4.0 4.7 3.6 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.1
Males, black ............. 46.4 57.1 102.5 89.0 84.3 65.9 101.4 114.2 138.3 158.9 154.4
Females, black ........... 11.9 12.3 17.7 20.3 18.4 14.2 17.5 17.4 18.9 21.6 19.4
Cancer ..................... 8.3 8.2 8.3 6.8 6.3 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0
Heart disease .............. 4.0 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7
Pneumonia/influenza ........ 3.0 2.2 2.4 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6
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/1/ Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
/2/ Less than .05 percent.
/3/ Includes legal intervention.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Vital Statistics of the United States, Volume II-Mortality, Part A, various years and Monthly Vital Statistics vol. 43, no. 6, Supplement, 1995 (corrected).
[Indicator 50. Death]
[Indicator 52. Victims of Violent Crime]
