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Title: Leading Causes of Death By Age Group- The American Perspective

Category: International EM

Keywords: Mortality, injuries (PubMed Search)

Posted: 4/6/2016 by Jon Mark Hirshon, MPH, MD, PhD

As noted previously, injuries cause substantial morbidity and mortality globally.  How does it vary by age group?

The following table shows that unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for individuals 1-44 years of age. Even when they are not the leading cause of death, injuries cause substantial mortality in all age groups.


References

http://www.cdc.gov/injury/images/lc-charts/leading_causes_of_death_age_group_2014_1050w760h.gif


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