1 in 3,196

The odds a teenager 15 - 19 will die from an accident in a year are 1 in 3,196 (US, 2005).

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Compressed Mortality File, 1979-2005 [Internet]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Available from: http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortsql.html

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Teenager

A person aged 13 - 19.

an accident

that occurrence in a sequence of events that produces unintended injury, death, or property damage. Accident refers to the event, not the result of the event

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