What are the top ten killers of children in America?

Answer 1

The latest data I can find are from "When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families (2003)"

TABLE 2.1 Top Ten Causes of Death, Numbers of Deaths by Cause and Total, and Total Death Rates, by Age Group (1999)

Age less than one year

1 Congenital anomaliesa 5,473

2 Short gestation and LBW 4,392

3 SIDS 2,648

4 Complications of pregnancy 1,399

5 Respiratory distress syndrome 1,110

6 Placental cord membranes 1,025

7 Accidents 845

8 Newborn Sepsis 691

9 Diseases of the circulatory system 667

10 Atelectasis 647

Age 1-4

1 Accidents 1,898

2 Congenital anomalies 549

3 Malignant neoplasms 418

4 Homicide 376

5 Diseases of the heart 183

6 Pneumonia and influenza 130

7 Perinatal period 92

8 Septicemia 63

9 Benign neoplasms 63

10 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 54

5-14

1 Accidents 3,091

2 Malignant neoplasms 1,012

3 Homicide 432

4 Congenital anomalies 428

5 Diseases of the heart 277

6 Suicide 242

7 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 139

8 Benign neoplasms 101

9 Pneumonia and influenza 93

10 Septicemia 77