Table 6. Top six causes of death for assorted age groups in China, 2004–2010.
| Rank | 0 year | 1–4 years | 5–14 years | 15–24 years | 25–34 years | 35–44 years | 45–64 years | 65+ years |
| 1 | Drowning | Traffic crashes | Drowning | Traffic crashes | Traffic crashes | Traffic crashes | Traffic crashes | Falls |
| 236 | 1484 | 5300 | 14949 | 17268 | 23388 | 30355 | 20701 | |
| 2 | Traffic crashes | Falls | Traffic crashes | Suicide | Suicide | Suicide | Suicide | Suicide |
| 193 | 497 | 3092 | 3612 | 5320 | 16627 | 15961 | 19857 | |
| 3 | Falls | Drowning | Falls | Drowning | Falls | Falls | Falls | Traffic crashes |
| 164 | 497 | 601 | 2897 | 2139 | 7742 | 8304 | 15275 | |
| 4 | Poisoning | Poisoning | Suicide | Falls | Poisoning | Drowning | Poisoning | Drowning |
| 101 | 272 | 440 | 1369 | 1866 | 6693 | 4957 | 4304 | |
| 5 | Assault | Assault | Poisoning | Poisoning | Drowning | Poisoning | Drowning | Poisoning |
| 73 | 12 | 402 | 1280 | 1650 | 6347 | 3486 | 3631 | |
| 6 | Suicide | Suicide | Assault | Assault | Assault | Assault | Assault | Assault |
| 0 | 0 | 253 | 1254 | 1286 | 4025 | 1376 | 523 |