"Figure 6: Top five leading causes of death for 5 to 19 year olds, 2016","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. In England and Wales, a conclusion of suicide cannot be returned for children under the age of 10 years. 3. The cause of death groups used here are based on a [list](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/methodologies/userguidetomortalitystatistics/leadingcausesofdeathinenglandandwalesrevised2016) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), modified for use in England and Wales." "Unit","Percentage" "","" "Leading Causes","Percentage of male deaths","Percentage of female deaths" "Suicide and injury/poisoning of undetermined intent","15.2","" "Land transport accidents","13.7","" "Malignant neoplasms stated or presumed to be primary of lymphoid haematop","4.8","" "Congenital malformations deformations and chromosomal abnormalities","4.8","" "Homicide and probable homicide","4.6","" "Suicide and injury/poisoning of undetermined intent","","9.6" "Land transport accidents","","8.8" "Malignant neoplasm of brain","","6.4" "Malignant neoplasms stated or presumed to be primary of lymphoid haematop","","5.5" "Congenital malformations deformations and chromosomal abnormalities","","5.3"