{"chart":{"slug":"causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24","title":"What do young Americans aged 15 to 24 die of most often?","takeaway":"In the 12 months through June 2025, the leading cause of death for Americans aged 15 to 24 was unintentional injuries, at 24.0 deaths per 100,000 people that age. Suicide (13.4) and homicide (10.0) came next. Unintentional injuries include accidental overdoses and traffic crashes. Deaths from disease are rare at this age. The numbers are provisional.","topic":"Health","chart_type":"bar","ranking":false,"x_label":"Cause of death","y_label":"Deaths per 100,000 people aged 15 to 24 in a year","unit":null,"points_count":10,"source":{"name":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/mortality-dashboard.htm"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work)","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/other/agencymaterials.html"},"data_as_of":"2025-06-30","updated_at":"2026-10-17T18:50:40.576Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24/embed","credit":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24)","credit_html":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality, via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":null,"zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"Unintentional injuries","value":24.0},{"label":"Suicide","value":13.4},{"label":"Homicide","value":10.0},{"label":"Cancer","value":3.1},{"label":"Heart disease","value":1.9},{"label":"Diabetes","value":0.6},{"label":"Influenza and pneumonia","value":0.6},{"label":"Chronic lower respiratory diseases","value":0.5},{"label":"Stroke","value":0.4},{"label":"COVID-19","value":0.1}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Quarterly provisional estimates of mortality, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/causes-of-death-ages-15-to-24)"}