Table. Mortality per 100 000 Youth Aged 1 to 19 Years by Race and Ethnicitya.
| Mortality cause | Pooled mortality rate (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Asian or Pacific Islander | Black | Hispanic | White | |
| All cause | 48.79 (46.58-51.00) | 15.25 (14.75-15.76) | 42.33 (41.81-42.86) | 21.48 (21.19-21.77) | 24.07 (23.86-24.28) |
| All injury | 34.67 (32.81-36.53) | 7.41 (7.06-7.76) | 27.07 (26.66-27.49) | 12.85 (12.63-13.08) | 15.09 (14.92-15.25) |
| Injury | |||||
| Mechanism | |||||
| Firearm | 6.67 (5.85-7.49) | 1.38 (1.23-1.54) | 12.88 (12.59-13.17) | 3.08 (2.97-3.19) | 3.11 (3.04-3.19) |
| Motor vehicle crash | 10.77 (9.73-11.81) | 1.71 (1.54-1.88) | 5.89 (5.70-6.09) | 4.42 (4.29-4.55) | 5.04 (4.94-5.13) |
| Drug-related | 2.49 (2.02-3.04) | 0.57 (0.48-0.67) | 1.11 (1.03-1.20) | 1.13 (1.07-1.20) | 1.66 (1.60-1.72) |
| Drowning | 1.71 (1.32-2.18) | 0.88 (0.76-1.00) | 1.95 (1.84-2.07) | 0.92 (0.86-0.98) | 1.12 (1.08-1.17) |
| Suffocation | 7.79 (6.90-8.67) | 1.69 (1.52-1.86) | 1.76 (1.65-1.87) | 1.58 (1.50-1.66) | 2.10 (2.04-2.16) |
| Fire/burn | 0.67 (0.44-0.99) | NAb | 0.79 (0.71-0.86) | 0.23 (0.20-0.26) | 0.40 (0.38-0.43) |
| Intentional | |||||
| Homicide | 4.49 (3.82-5.16) | 0.88 (0.76-1.01) | 12.81 (12.52-13.10) | 2.65 (2.54-2.75) | 1.26 (1.21-1.30) |
| Suicide | 11.37 (10.30-12.43) | 2.86 (2.64-3.08) | 2.65 (2.52-2.78) | 2.49 (2.39-2.59) | 4.38 (4.29-4.47) |
| Unintentional | |||||
| Motor vehicle crash | 10.74 (9.71-11.78) | 1.70 (1.54-1.87) | 5.86 (5.67-6.06) | 4.39 (4.26-4.52) | 4.99 (4.89-5.09) |
| Poisoning | 2.15 (1.72-2.67) | 0.40 (0.32-0.49) | 0.84 (0.77-0.92) | 1.05 (0.98-1.11) | 1.38 (1.33-1.43) |
| Drowning | 1.53 (1.17-1.98) | 0.78 (0.67-0.89) | 1.81 (1.70-1.92) | 0.86 (0.80-0.92) | 1.06 (1.02-1.11) |
| Suffocation | NAb | 0.17 (0.12-0.23) | 0.44 (0.39-0.50) | 0.22 (0.19-0.25) | 0.30 (0.27-0.32) |
| Fire/burn | NAb | NAb | 0.62 (0.55-0.68) | 0.20 (0.17-0.23) | 0.34 (0.32-0.37) |
| Disease | |||||
| Cancer | 2.49 (2.02-3.04) | 2.04 (1.86-2.23) | 2.33 (2.20-2.45) | 2.29 (2.19-2.38) | 2.17 (2.11-2.23) |
| Congenital anomaly | 1.79 (1.39-2.27) | 0.89 (0.77-1.01) | 1.77 (1.66-1.87) | 1.08 (1.02-1.15) | 1.15 (1.10-1.19) |
| Circulatory disease | 1.43 (1.08-1.86) | 0.89 (0.77-1.01) | 2.07 (1.96-2.19) | 0.83 (0.77-0.88) | 0.95 (0.91-0.99) |
| Asthma | NAb | 0.09 (0.05-0.13) | 1.10 (1.01-1.18) | 0.15 (0.12-0.17) | 0.14 (0.12-0.16) |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 1.04 (0.74-1.41) | 0.35 (0.28-0.43) | 0.53 (0.47-0.58) | 0.30 (0.26-0.33) | 0.33 (0.31-0.36) |
| COVID-19c | NAb | 0.26 (0.16-0.39) | 0.90 (0.77-1.03) | 0.56 (0.49-0.63) | 0.33 (0.29-0.37) |
| Other infection | 1.14 (0.83-1.53) | 0.58 (0.48-0.68) | 0.69 (0.62-0.75) | 0.51 (0.47-0.56) | 0.45 (0.42-0.48) |
| Other disease | 5.84 (5.08-6.60) | 2.99 (2.76-3.21) | 6.70 (6.49-6.91) | 3.40 (3.28-3.51) | 3.76 (3.68-3.85) |
Abbreviation: NA, not available.
a
Race and ethnicity of the decedent were provided by an informant (eg, family member) or the funeral director. Data are from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research from 2016 to 2020.
b
Some data not available because of censoring of small numbers.
c
Years represented are 2016 to 2020 except COVID-19, which includes data from 2020 and 2021. eTable 3 in Supplement 1 presents rate ratios.