"Figure 5: The most common cause of death for children aged 1 to 15 years was cancer","" "Percentage of childhood deaths by underlying cause and sex for England and Wales, 2016 and 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Deaths occurring in a calendar year. 2. Childhood deaths – 1 to 15 years. 3. ICD – International Classification of Diseases." "Unit","Percentage of deaths" "","" "","2016","2017" "Neoplasms (C00-D48) - Boys","22.3","24.3" "Neoplasms (C00-D48) - Girls","18.6","26.4" "External causes of morbidity and mortality (U509 V01-Y89) - Boys","18.7","22.8" "External causes of morbidity and mortality (U509 V01-Y89) - Girls ","13.5","17.6"