Accidents not only kill more young Americans than any other cause but are a major cause of disability among children each year, reports Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

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According to the company's quarterly magazine, Statistical Bulletin, accidents are responsible for nearly half of all deaths in each of three age groups between ages 5 and 24: 1-4, 5-14 and 15-24.Males predominate as accident mortality victims in all age groups, even the very young, it added.

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