The nurse teaching safety to teens knows that which of the following is the leading cause of death among adolescents?
A) Drowning
B) Poisoning
C) Diseases
D) Unintentional injuries
D
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Unintentional injuries are the leading causes of death in adolescents (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 2008). Injuries kill more adolescents than all diseases combined, with 46% of injury-related deaths due to motor vehicle accidents (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). Unintentional injury accounts for about 48% of adolescent injury deaths, violence and homicide for 15.2%, and suicide for 11.8% of adolescent injury deaths (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). Males are more likely than females to die of any type of injury.
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