Well really, what did you expect the second leading killer to be? They are literally in the prime of their lives. In general, they are as physically healthy as

Well really, what did you expect the second leading killer to be? They are literally in the prime of their lives. In general, they are as physically healthy as they will ever be. The leading 'killer' is the 'unintentional injury' category. Take a look at these charts (Canada and USA both included for comparison). http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/10lcid_all_deaths_by_age_group_2010-a.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/10lcid_all_deaths_by_a... http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/lcd-pcd97/table1-eng.php http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/lcd-pcd97/table1-eng.php Suicide only 'drops in the rankings' because peoples start dying of other things.