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At every age, injury death rates for males are higher than for females. The mortality sex ratio is highest, at four to one, for young people in their 20’s, and is lowest for children under 11 years of age (less than 2 to 1). Source: CDC/NCHS, Bergen G,Chen LH, Warner M, Fingerhut LA. Injury in the United States: 2007. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008