National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

1998 United States
Unintentional Injuries and Adverse Effects
Ages 15-24, All Races , Both Sexes
Total Deaths: 13,349

Cause of Death	Number of Deaths	Percentage of Deaths
MV Traffic	9,828	73.6%
Poisoning	860	6.4%
Drowning/submersion	821	6.2%
Transport, other	280	2.1%
Firearm	260	1.9%
Fall	226	1.7%
Fire/burn	195	1.5%
Unspecified	142	1.1%
Pedestrian, other	136	1.0%
Struck by, against	133	1.0%
Other specified and classifiable	128	1.0%
Suffocation	125	0.9%
Machinery	70	0.5%
Natural/environmental	68	0.5%
Medical Care, Adverse Effects	41	0.3%
Cut/pierce	12	0.1%
Drug, Adverse Effects	9	0.1%
Pedal cyclist, other	9	0.1%
Other specified / NEC	4	0.0%
Overexertion	2	0.0%
Total Deaths	13,349

Produced by:	Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.
Data Source:	National Center for Heath Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics System for numbers of deaths.