# What would you WANT the #1 cause of deaths for 15 to 24 year olds to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670 "2013-03-12T00:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/41 "2013-03-13T03:03:30Z")
Ennui. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/42 "2013-03-13T03:14:50Z")
Overthinking. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/43 "2013-03-13T03:30:50Z")
Mono ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/44 "2013-03-13T04:04:45Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > Sagging pants. Like [this guy?](http://www.aolnews.com/2009/12/18/killer-tripped-up-by-his-own-baggy-pants/) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/45 "2013-03-13T05:00:28Z")
A gigantic zombie Justin Bieber. > [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Seriously speaking, something more or less unpreventable like say cancer. You know, I just lost my favorite uncle to cancer last month. And I’m struggling not to say something pit-worthy. I’ll suffice to say that this is incredibly, moronically offensive and disgusting. If you’ve ever seen someone you love suffer from cancer, you wouldn’t be saying this. Fuck cancer. FUCK CANCER. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/46 "2013-03-13T05:47:33Z")
Apathy. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/47 "2013-03-13T07:25:00Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You know, I just lost my favorite uncle to cancer last month. And I’m struggling not to say something pit-worthy. I’ll suffice to say that this is incredibly, moronically offensive and disgusting. If you’ve ever seen someone you love suffer from cancer, you wouldn’t be saying this. > > Fuck cancer. FUCK CANCER. Sorry for your loss. You missed **Qin** ’s point and insulted him for no reason. All the major things that kill teenagers are unnatural, preventable causes (car accidents, suicides, etc.) Ergo, if the biggest killer was cancer, that would mean that we were stopping a lot more of the deaths that currently are stoppable. Now does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/48 "2013-03-13T07:37:48Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur866] People don’t randomly “fall asleep while smoking” except when they’re drunk out of their minds. It shouldn’t be “fell asleep while smoking”, it should be “passed out while smoking”. [/QUOTE] And teenagers are unlikely to be drunk and passed out you say? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/49 "2013-03-13T07:45:27Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > Sagging pants. Tripping over them, into a pond head-first. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/50 "2013-03-13T15:00:33Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > Sagging pants. While walking on lawns. ---
**Author:** ![nthelight079](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/258eb7/32.png) [@nthelight079](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nthelight079)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/51 "2013-03-13T16:14:22Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Tripping over them, into a pond head-first. At least then, we’re only losing one at a time to death by pond. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/52 "2013-03-13T17:57:43Z")
> [@straight\_man](#): > > Sorry for your loss. > > You missed **Qin** ’s point and insulted him for no reason. All the major things that kill teenagers are unnatural, preventable causes (car accidents, suicides, etc.) Ergo, if the biggest killer was cancer, that would mean that we were stopping a lot more of the deaths that currently are stoppable. > > Now does that make sense? Thank you. Yes, it does, and I shouldn’t have overreacted. Sorry, **Qin**. So in other words, “natural causes”. However, cancer should be the LAST thing you’d want as the leading cause of death of any age group. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/53 "2013-03-13T18:08:09Z")
Clearly, there’s no good leading cause of death we can agree upon. We should strive to make them all equally likely. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/54 "2013-03-13T18:17:21Z")
Disrespect. ---
**Author:** ![Tollhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/55 "2013-03-14T05:42:54Z")
old age ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/56 "2013-03-14T05:48:21Z")
Exploding cellphones ---
**Author:** ![JLRogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/57 "2013-03-14T10:10:49Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > People don’t randomly “fall asleep while smoking” except when they’re drunk out of their minds. It shouldn’t be “fell asleep while smoking”, it should be “passed out while smoking”. This says more about you than people who fall asleep while smoking. Plenty of people operate on a constant sleep-debt. Before I quit smoking I more than once nodded off while both smoking and cold sober. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/58 "2013-03-14T10:15:51Z")
Death is wasted on the young. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/59 "2013-03-14T13:35:22Z")
For girls: Drama. For boys: Bee sting to the back of the throat due to a chronically slack jaw. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-the-1-cause-of-deaths-for-15-to-24-year-olds-to-be/652670/60 "2013-03-14T13:52:05Z")
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