A community health nurse is reviewing a journal article about child health and statistics related to various age groups. Which condition would the nurse most likely find as the major cause of death due to injuries in the 1- to 4-year-old population?

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Causes of injury deaths vary across age groups. For those children under age 1, about 66% are caused by suffocation. Between ages 1 and 4, drowning is the leading cause. In 15- to 19-year-olds, being a passenger in a motor vehicle crash was the most frequent cause of injury death. Pneumonia is not among the top 15 causes of death.

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