Table 1.
The most common causes of death per age-group, children aged 0–14 years, Scotland, 2002–06.
| Age-group (years) | Top five causes of death (ICD-10 code) | % of all deaths (MR per 100,000; n) |
| 0 to 14 | Perinatal conditions (P00–96) | 38% (17.4; 757) |
| Congenital abnormalities (Q00–99) | 19% (8.8; 385) | |
| Injuries (V01–Y98) | 9% (4.3; 186) | |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–97) | 8% (3.6; 155) | |
| Sudden infant death syndrome (*R95) | 8% (3.4; 150) | |
| All causes of death | 100% (45.9; 2002) | |
| 1–14 | Injuries (V01–Y98) | 25% (4.1; 167) |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–97) | 21% (3.4; 141) | |
| Congenital abnormalities (Q00–99) | 14% (2.2; 91) | |
| Nervous system diseases (G00–99) | 13% (2.1; 84) | |
| Respiratory system diseases (J00–99) | 6% (1.1; 43) | |
| All causes of death | 100% (16.3; 669) | |
| <1 | Perinatal conditions (P00–96) | 56% (282.6; 752) |
| Congenital abnormalities (Q00–99) | 22% (110.5; 294) | |
| Sudden infant death syndrome (*R95) | 11% (56.4; 150) | |
| Nervous system diseases (G00–99) | 2% (8.6; 23) | |
| Injuries (V01–Y98) | 1% (7.1; 19) | |
| All causes of death | 100% (501.0; 1333) | |
| 1 to 4 | Congenital abnormalities (Q00–99) | 21% (5.6; 59) |
| Injuries (V01–Y98) | 17% (4.4; 47) | |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–97) | 16% (4.3; 46) | |
| Nervous system diseases (G00–99) | 13% (3.4; 36) | |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) | 8% (2.2; 23) | |
| All causes of death | 100% (26.3; 280) | |
| 5 to 9 | Injuries (V01–Y98) | 29% (3.2; 46) |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–97) | 22% (2.4; 35) | |
| Nervous system diseases (G00–99) | 14% (1.6; 23) | |
| Respiratory system diseases (J00–99) | 8% (0.8; 12) | |
| Congenital abnormalities (Q00–99) | 7% (0.8; 11) | |
| All causes of death | 100% (11.1; 160) | |
| 10 to 14 | Injuries (V01–Y98) | 32% (4.7; 76) |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–97) | 26% (3.8; 60) | |
| Nervous system diseases (G00–99) | 11% (1.6; 25) | |
| Congenital abnormalities (Q00–99) | 9% (1.3; 21) | |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–90) | 7% (0.9; 15) | |
| All causes of death | 100% (14.5; 229) | |
Ordered by descending mortality rate and showing the percentage proportion of all deaths attributable to each cause, mortality rates per 100,000 and number of deaths, by age-group.
*R95: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a sub-classification of R00–99: Other/unknown causes of death. 88% of deaths (150/171) in R00–99 are attributed to SIDS. SIDS only applies to children <1 year but its relatively high mortality rate makes it the 5th most common cause of death in children aged 0–14 years.