"Death Rates for the Three Leading Causes of Death in the United States, Ages 1 to 4, 1900 and 2000"		

	Death Rate	
1900		
Pneumonia (all forms) and Influenza	386.6	
"Diarrhea, enteritis, and ulceration of the intestines"	303.0	
Tuberculosis	101.8	
		
2000		
Accidents 	12.1	
"Congenital anomalies, deformation and chromosomal abnormalities"	3.3	
Malignant neoplasms	2.8	

"Note: Number of deaths per 100,000 children ages 1 to 4."		

"Sources: Federal Security Agency, United States Public Health Service, National Office of Vital Statistics. Vital Statistics Rates in the United States "		
"1900-1940 (New York: Arno Press, 1976); and National Center for Health Statistics, ""Deaths: Leading Causes for 2000"" by Robert N. Anderson."				
"National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 50, Number 16 (Hyattsville, MD: NCHS, 2002): Table 1. "