"Figure 7: Top five leading causes of death for 20 to 34 year olds, 2016","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. 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","23.9","" "Accidental poisoning","15.4","" "Land transport accidents","10.7","" "Homicide and probable homicide","3.5","" "Cirrhosis and other diseases of liver","3.0","" "Suicide and injury/poisoning of undetermined intent","","13.4" "Accidental poisoning","","9.5" "Malignant neoplasms of breast","","4.5" "Cirrhosis and other diseases of liver","","4.3" "Land transport accidents","","3.9"