As of 1999, the top ten cause of teen death were accidents, homicide, suicide, cancer, congenital conditions, heart disease, chronic lower respiratory disease, influenza, and cerebrovascular diseases. You can find more information here: wrongdiagnosis.com/death/ageteen.htm.
The Top 10 causes of death in the US are in order as follows: Heart disease, Cancer, Stroke, Chronic lower respiratory disease, accidents, diabetes, Alzheimer's, Influenza and pneumonia, Nephritis, and septicemia.
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