Number of deaths per 100,000 persons ages 15 to 24, by race/ethnicity, selected causes, and sex: 2007

¹ Includes causes of death not shown separately.

² Includes deaths by cancer, heart disease, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza/pneumonia, and other health-related causes.

NOTE: Detailed mortality data were not available for 2008 or 2009 at the time of publication. Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, CDC WONDER online database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File 1999-2007 Series 20 No. 2M, 2010, retrieved February 3, 2011, from http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html.

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Table 51a.	Number of deaths per 100,000 persons ages 15 to 24, by race/ethnicity, selected causes, and sex: 2007

Cause and sex	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
All causes¹	79.9	74.5	112.6	76.5	43.2	128.8
Males	115.8	104.6	173.1	115.3	60.7	180.1
Females	42.0	42.7	50.5	33.5	24.7	76.0
Accident	37.4	41.9	26.4	33.8	17.7	66.3
Males	54.5	60.2	38.9	52.1	24.8	91.1
Females	19.3	22.6	13.6	13.5	10.2	40.7
Homicide	13.1	3.6	49.2	17.4	4.3	11.2
Males	22.1	4.9	88.2	30.0	6.9	17.4
Females	3.5	2.2	9.2	3.5	1.5	4.9
Non-injury²	18.2	16.2	29.0	16.9	11.7	21.6
Males	20.9	18.8	32.2	19.8	14.6	25.6
Females	15.3	13.5	25.7	13.8	8.6	17.4
Suicide	9.7	11.1	6.2	7.1	8.9	25.5
Males	15.9	18.2	10.5	11.5	13.5	40.8
Females	3.2	3.7	1.7	2.2	4.0	9.8