Causes of Death for Children Ages 1-18
Other/Natural Causes 36%
Motor Vehicle Injury 28%
Other Unintentional Injury 13%
Cancer 9%
Homicide 7%
Suicide 7%

Sources:

 
Yolo County Health Department.  Review of Child Deaths in Yolo County 1993-1998.  [Updated 20 April 2000; Cited 28 July 2003].  Available at http://www.yolocounty.org/org/health/pdf/reports/fimr.pdf. 

Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project.  Maternal, Infant and Child Health. 

Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Justice Statistics Center.  Willful Homicide Crimes 1998: Domestic Violence as Preceding Event by Age of Victim.
 

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