2024 NC Resident Child Deaths

Table 2: Leading Causes of Child Death by Age Group: Ages 10 to 14

Back to 2024 Child Deaths

Rank Cause # of Deaths Percent
1 Suicide 18 15.0%
2 Cancer 15 12.5%
3 Motor vehicle injuries 13 10.8%
4 Congenital anomalies (birth defects) 9 7.5%
4 Diseases of the heart 9 7.5%
4 Unintentional Injuries not related to Motor Vehicles 9 7.5%
7 Homicide 8 6.7%
8 Pneumonia & influenza 7 5.8%
9 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 3 2.5%
10 Diabetes mellitus 2 1.7%
  All other causes (Residual) 27 22.5%
  Total Deaths --- All Causes 120 100%

*Leading causes of death are generated from a list of 51 causes of death categories developed by the National Center for Health Statistics to promote comparability in analyses of mortality.

For deaths under one year of age, a list of 72 causes of death was used. See Appendices for the ICD-10 codes for these lists of causes.

Prepared by NC Department of Health and Human Services, Title V Office in Collaboration with the State Center for Health Statistics, 17 APR 2026.