TABLE 8.
Deaths and Death Rates for the 5 Leading Causes of Childhood Death in Specified Age Groups, United States, 2008 (Final) and 2009 (Preliminary)
| Age, Causes of Death, and International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision Codes12 | Ranka | 2009 | 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Rateb | n | % | Rateb | ||
| Total: 1–19 y | |||||||
| All causes | —c | 21 542 | 100.0 | 27.2 | 22 788 | 100.0 | 29.1 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) | 1 | 7871 | 36.5 | 9.9 | 8869 | 38.9 | 11.3 |
| Assault (homicide) (*U01–*U02,X85–Y09,Y87.1) | 2 | 2597 | 12.1 | 3.3 | 2836 | 12.4 | 3.6 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60–-X84,Y87.0) | 3 | 1922 | 8.9 | 2.4 | 1826 | 8.0 | 2.3 |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97) | 4 | 1896 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 1969 | 8.6 | 2.5 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99) | 5 | 1062 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 1082 | 4.7 | 1.4 |
| Diseases of heart (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) | 6 | 679 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 778 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
| Influenza and pneumonia (J09–J18) | 7 | 521 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 295 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) | 8 | 260 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 244 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Septicemia (A40–A41) | 9 | 185 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 208 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (I60–I69) | 10 | 174 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 232 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| 1–4 y | |||||||
| All causes | —c | 4448 | 100.0 | 26.1 | 4730 | 100.0 | 28.3 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) | 1 | 1446 | 32.5 | 8.5 | 1469 | 31.1 | 8.8 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99) | 2 | 485 | 10.9 | 2.8 | 521 | 11.0 | 3.1 |
| Assault (homicide) (*U01–*U02,X85–Y09,Y87.1) | 3 | 385 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 421 | 8.9 | 2.5 |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97) | 4 | 349 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 394 | 8.3 | 2.4 |
| Diseases of heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) | 5 | 154 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 186 | 3.9 | 1.1 |
| 5–9 y | |||||||
| All causes | —c | 2508 | 100.0 | 12.2 | 2502 | 100.0 | 12.5 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) | 1 | 776 | 30.9 | 3.8 | 835 | 33.4 | 4.2 |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97) | 2 | 467 | 18.6 | 2.3 | 457 | 18.3 | 2.3 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99) | 3 | 189 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 170 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Assault (homicide) (*U01–*U02,X85–Y09,Y87.1) | 4 | 118 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 113 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| Influenza and pneumonia (J09–-J18) | 5 | 111 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 40 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| 10–14 y | |||||||
| All causes | —c | 3121 | 100.0 | 15.6 | 3149 | 100.0 | 15.7 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) | 1 | 891 | 28.5 | 4.5 | 1024 | 32.5 | 5.1 |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97) | 2 | 426 | 13.6 | 2.1 | 433 | 13.8 | 2.2 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60–X84,Y87.0) | 3 | 259 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 215 | 6.8 | 1.1 |
| Assault (homicide) (*U01–*U02,X85–Y09,Y87.1) | 4 | 201 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 207 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99) | 5 | 161 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 161 | 5.1 | 0.8 |
| 15–19 y | |||||||
| All causes | —c | 11 465 | 100.0 | 53.2 | 12 407 | 100.0 | 57.7 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) | 1 | 4758 | 41.5 | 22.1 | 5541 | 44.7 | 25.8 |
| Assault (homicide) (*U01–*U02,X85–Y09,Y87.1) | 2 | 1893 | 16.5 | 8.8 | 2095 | 16.9 | 9.7 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60–X84,Y87.0) | 3 | 1656 | 14.4 | 7.7 | 1604 | 12.9 | 7.5 |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97) | 4 | 654 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 685 | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Diseases of heart (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) | 5 | 325 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 363 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
Data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / NCHS, National Vital Statistics System: mortality, 2009 and 2008 (www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality_tables.htm).
a
Rank is based on 2009 data.
b
Rate per 100 000 population in specified group.
c
Indicates that data are not available.