TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - QuickStats: Injury deaths as a percentage of total deaths, by age group - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Hedegaard, Holly B.
A1  - Garnett, Matthew F.
A1  - Spencer, Merianne R.
SP  - 1066
EP  - 1066
VL  - 70
IS  - 31
N2  - * Injury deaths were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision underlying cause-of-death codes U01-U03, V01-Y36, Y85-Y87, and Y89 and include all intents (unintentional, suicide, homicide, undetermined intent, and legal intervention).     Injuries accounted for the majority of deaths among persons aged 15-39 years, with the highest percentages among those aged 15-19 (76.0%) and 20-24 years (78.2%). The percentage of injury deaths was lowest among those aged <1 year (7.9%), 60-64 years (7.5%), and ≥65 years (3.4%).     Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7031a3
ID  - ref1
ER  -