What is the number one cause of death among teens?

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What is the number one cause of death among teens?

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Teen drivers are still learning on the road, so inexperience combines with risky behaviors like speeding, distraction (such as texting), and, at times, driving with peers or after drinking. Not wearing a seat belt greatly increases the fatality risk in a crash, so safer driving habits dramatically reduce these outcomes. Because these driving-related dangers are more common and deadly for teens than other threats like violence or drowning, crashes top the list as the main cause.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Teen drivers are still learning on the road, so inexperience combines with risky behaviors like speeding, distraction (such as texting), and, at times, driving with peers or after drinking. Not wearing a seat belt greatly increases the fatality risk in a crash, so safer driving habits dramatically reduce these outcomes. Because these driving-related dangers are more common and deadly for teens than other threats like violence or drowning, crashes top the list as the main cause.

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