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Deaths Due to Injury* Among Adolescents Aged 15-19, 2006

Death rate per 100,000 population:

  • Motor vehicle traffic 22.6
  • Firearms 13.2
  • Poisoning 4.3
  • Suffocation 3.7
  • Drowning 1.6

* Includes intentional injury, such as homicide and suicide.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System Go to References for this graph's full source.

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