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Road traffic accidents revealed to be the biggest killer of teenagers globally
Road traffic injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers globally, data released by the World Health Organization reveals. Road traffic injuries, lower respiratory infections, and suicide are the biggest causes of death among adolescents with road injury fatalities disproportionately affecting young males. In 2015, road injuries were the leading cause of adolescent death globally among 10–19-year-olds, resulting in approximately 115,000 adolescent deaths with older males aged 15 to 19 the worst affected. The report states that globally, most of the deaths could be prevented with good health services, education and social support. Most young people killed in road crashes were vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
Traffic accidents biggest killer of teens: WHO
(Shutterstock/File)A research study recently released by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that road traffic accidents are the leading cause of teenage deaths globally, with 1 in 10 adolescent deaths attributed to injuries suffered from traffic accidents. Deaths from traffic accidents although typically occurring in poorer regions in Europe and the Americas are still the leading cause of adolescent deaths in high-income countries. After road injuries, WHO listed lower respiratory infections as the second leading cause of death in teenagers aged 10 to 19, while self-harm, whether intentional or accidental suicide, ranked third. Diarrhoeal disease and drowning ranked as the fourth and fifth leading causes of deaths in teenagers, respectively. It also found that most road injuries involved males aged between 10 and 19, while chest infections and self-harm were the leading causes of death for women between the same ages.
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