Ten leading causes of death in children and adolescents, United States (<1 to 24 years) 2020, all races, all sexes

Rank	Age groups (years)
Rank	<1	1 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 14	15 to 19	20 to 24
1	Congenital anomalies 4043	Unintentional injury 1153*	Unintentional injury 685*	Unintentional injury 881*	Unintentional injury 4654*	Unintentional injury 10,463*
2	Short gestation 3141	Congenital anomalies 382	Malignant neoplasms 382	Suicide 581^¶	Homicide 2572^Δ	Homicide 3894^Δ
3	SIDS 1389	Homicide 311^Δ	Congenital anomalies 171	Malignant neoplasms 410	Suicide 2216^¶	Suicide 3846^¶
4	Unintentional injury 1194*	Malignant neoplasms 307	Homicide 169^Δ	Homicide 285^Δ	Malignant neoplasms 549	Malignant neoplasms 757
5	Maternal pregnancy complications 1116	Heart disease 112	Heart disease 56	Congenital anomalies 150	Heart disease 294	Heart disease 576
6	Placenta cord membranes 700	Influenza and pneumonia 84	Influenza and pneumonia 55	Heart disease 111	Congenital anomalies 184	COVID-19 383
7	Bacterial sepsis 542	Cerebrovascular 55	Chronic lower respiratory disease 54	Chronic lower respiratory disease 93	COVID-19 118	Diabetes mellitus 219
8	Respiratory distress 388	Perinatal period 54	Cerebrovascular 32	Diabetes mellitus 50	Diabetes mellitus 93	Congenital anomalies 200
9	Circulatory system disease 386	Septicemia 43	Benign neoplasms 28	Influenza and pneumonia 50	Chronic lower respiratory disease 90	Complicated pregnancy 155
10	Neonatal hemorrhage 317	Benign neoplasms 35	Suicide 20^¶	Cerebrovascular 44	Cerebrovascular 75	Chronic lower respiratory disease 130

SIDS: sudden infant death syndrome; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019.

* Unintentional injury.

¶ Suicide.

Δ Homicide.

Data from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WISQARS Leading causes of death reports, 1981-2020. Available at: wisqars.cdc.gov/fatal-leading. (Accessed on March 9, 2022).

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Ten leading causes of death in children and adolescents, United States (<1 to 24 years) 2020, all races, all sexes