Ten leading causes of death in children and adolescents, United States (<1 to 24 years) 2021, 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 3963	Unintentional injury 1299^*	Unintentional injury 827^*	Unintentional injury 915^*	Unintentional injury 5084^*	Unintentional injury 10,708^*
2	Short gestation 2946	Congenital anomalies 412	Malignant neoplasms 347	Suicide 598^¶	Homicide 2758^Δ	Suicide 4185^¶
3	SIDS 1459	Homicide 309^Δ	Homicide 188^Δ	Malignant neoplasms 449	Suicide 2343^¶	Homicide 3877^Δ
4	Unintentional injury 1306^*	Malignant neoplasms 282	Congenital anomalies 171	Homicide 298^Δ	Malignant neoplasms 592	COVID-19 1050
5	Maternal pregnancy complications 1113	Heart disease 116	Heart disease 66	Congenital anomalies 179	COVID-19 351	Malignant neoplasms 731
6	Placenta cord membranes 672	Perinatal period 68	COVID-19 63	Heart disease 132	Heart disease 325	Heart disease 619
7	Bacterial sepsis 557	Cerebrovascular 55	Chronic lower respiratory disease 54	COVID-19 79	Congenital anomalies 202	Diabetes mellitus 238
8	Respiratory distress 414	COVID-19 54	Cerebrovascular 35	Cerebrovascular 53	Diabetes mellitus 107	Congenital anomalies 217
9	Circulatory system disease 402	Influenza and pneumonia 47	Septicemia 28	Chronic lower respiratory disease 45	Cerebrovascular 72	Complicated pregnancy 180
10	Intrauterine hypoxia 358	Benign neoplasms 37	Influenza and pneumonia 27	Diabetes mellitus 39	Chronic lower respiratory disease 61	Cerebrovascular 118

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

* Unintentional injury.

¶ Suicide.

Δ Homicide.

Data from: WISQARS Leading Causes of Death Visualization Tool. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at: wisqars.cdc.gov/lcd/ (Accessed on August 27, 2024).

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Ten leading causes of death in children and adolescents, United States (<1 to 24 years) 2021, all races, all sexes