What is leading cause of death for teenagers?

Answer 1

As of 2005:

For older teens:

1. Unintentional Injury (which includes car accidents, the leading cause of death)

2. Homicide

3. Suicide

4. Malignant Neoplasms

5. Heart disease

For younger teens:

1. Unintentional Injury

2. Malignant Neoplasms

3. Suicide

4. Congenital Anomalies

5. Homicide

Answer 2

From 1999 to 2006 there were 131,000 deaths of teenagers 12-19 in the US. That total divided over the 7 years results in an average of 16,375, of these nearly 1/3 were killed in accidents, more than half of these died in alcohol related traffic crashes. Homicide comes in at number two, but leads the stats among male Hispanic teenagers and non-Hispanic black males. Suicide, cancer, and heart disease round out the five leading causes of death for teens.

Answer 3

#1 reason... Asking too many questions... You KNOW I'm only kidding... :-) Web MD says #1 reason is car accidents. "Primary Care Secrets" says the following in this order Accidents Homicide Suicide or check here... http://www.statisticstop10.com/Causes_of_Death_Older_Teens.html

Answer 4

Its Jesus