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by caseymarquis 2982 days ago
Huh. Something like 1 in 20 people will likely have their lives end in a car accident.
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I think the data is for "unintentional injury" (or death from injury excluding homicide or suicide.)

This category is actually the number one cause of death for ages 1-44. The numbers are fairly constant from ages 15 to 64 but the rate jumps up by a factor of 2.5 after age 65. Assuming that retirees are not just taking up sky diving, this is probably due to increased frailty and hospitalizations caused by falls.

https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/leading_causes_of_dea...

EDIT: It seems that in addition to car accidents, poisoning, overdoses, and falls, make up the vast majority of this category.