TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 68. Mortality A1 - Ozer, Elizabeth M. A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Mortality rates for adolescents have decreased over the past 3 decades, yet the trends remain troubling. The mortality rate is 18.0 per 100,000 population for early adolescents (10–14 years) and 65.1 per 100,000 population for late adolescents (15–19 years). The more than 300% increase in mortality from early to late adolescence reflects the violent etiology of most deaths with increased access to motor vehicles and firearms combined with use of substances. The trend worsens in young adulthood: Young adults have 5 times the mortality rate of younger adolescents, with 97.5 deaths per 100,000 population (20–24 years). The majority of adolescent and young adult deaths are due to preventable causes, with unintentional injury (mostly due to motor vehicle accidents), homicide, and suicide accounting for 75% of all deaths. Adolescent males are more likely than females to die from each leading cause of death, and this gap increases with age. The most striking difference between males and females is in homicide rates: Older adolescent and young adult males are about 6 times as likely as females to die from homicide. Although homicide rates have decreased significantly since peak levels in the early 1990s, black, non-Hispanic male adolescents still have the highest rates of mortality, primarily due to homicide.1,2 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/05 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6737009 ER -