Table 2:

Number and percent of deaths for five leading causes and all other causes by age group, United States, 2010–2014

Ages 1 to 14	No. of deaths	Percent of all deaths
Motor vehicle accidents	6,105	13.0%
Drownings	3,245	6.9%
Malignant neoplasm of the brain	2,041	4.3%
Suicides	1,695	3.6%
Fires and explosions	1,238	2.6%
All other causes	32,824	69.6%
Total	47,148	100.0%
Ages 15 to 24
Motor vehicle accidents	34,339	23.6%
Suicides	24,251	16.7%
Homicide by firearm	18,936	13.0%
Drug poisonings	15,620	10.7%
Drownings	2,747	1.8%
All other causes	49,784	34.2%
Total	145,677	100.0%

Source: Multiple Cause of Death files, restricted use, 2010–2014.

Note: These figures may differ from official counts due to differences in coding of the underlying cause of death. The ICD-10 codes used for each cause of death are: motor vehicle accidents (V02-V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12-V14,V19.0-V19.2, V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79,V80.3-V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0-V82.1,V83.0-V83.6, V84.0-V84.4, V85.0-V85,4, V86.0-V86.3, V87.0-V87.5, V87.7-V87.8, V88.0-V88.8, V89.0,V89.2); suicides (X60-X84, Y87.0); homicide by firearm (X93-X95); malignant neoplasm of the brain (C71.0-C71.9); drug poisonings (X40-X44); drowning (W65-W74); and fires and explosions (X00-X09).