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Mar 7, 2024 · Common causes of death in people aged 20-24 in the United States include illnesses, accidents, and conditions present at birth (congenital). This article will go over the top 10 causes of death for young adults in the United States as of 2020 data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), offer tips for how to prevent ...
In 1999, people aged 40 to 44 had a death rate 24 times higher than those aged 20 to 24. For those aged 60 to 64, it was almost 440 times higher. In contrast, external causes, which include accidents, violence, falls, and suicides, tend to rise more slowly with age.
- Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
- 2018
- Overview
- Main Health Issues
- Rights of Adolescents
- Who Response
Survival chances for adolescents and young adults vary greatly across the world. In 2021, the probability of dying among those aged 10–24 yearswas highest in sub-Saharan Africa and lowest in Europe and Northern America. The average global probability of a 10-year-old dying before age 24 was about 6 times higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in North A...
Many unintentional injuries such as road traffic and drowning are the leading cause of death and disability among adolescents. 1. Road traffic accidents In 2019, 115 000 adolescents (10–19 years) died as a result of road traffic accidents. Many of those who died were vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists or users of motorized two-w...
The rights of children (people under 18 years of age) to survive, grow and develop are enshrined in international legal documents. In 2013, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which oversees the child rights convention, published guidelines on the right of children and adolescents to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of h...
WHO works with Member States and partners to improve the health of young people by producing evidence-based guidelines, advocating and providing recommendations for adolescent-responsive health systems, and documenting progress in adolescent health and development. In May 2017, WHO published a major report: Global Accelerated Action for the Health ...
Oct 10, 2021 · The most frequent causes of death in females aged 20–24 years were transport injuries (high income), neoplasms (southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania and central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia), interpersonal violence and conflict (Latin America and the Caribbean), cardiovascular diseases (north Africa and the Middle East), and ...
- 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01546-4
- 2021/10/10
- Lancet. 2021 Oct 30; 398(10311): 1593-1618.
Mar 1, 2021 · Background. The global health community is devoting considerable attention to adolescents and young people, but risk of death in this population is poorly measured. We aimed to reconstruct global, regional, and national mortality trends for youths aged 15–24 years between 1990 and 2019. Methods.
- Bruno Masquelier, Lucia Hug, David Sharrow, Danzhen You, Colin Mathers, Patrick Gerland, Leontine Al...
- 2021
Oct 30, 2021 · Since 1980, communicable and maternal causes of death have decreased sharply as a proportion of total deaths in most GBD super-regions, but remain some of the most common causes in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, where more than half of all adolescent deaths occur.
Jul 28, 2022 · Chronic conditions are common, costly, and major causes of death and disability. Addressing conditions in young adulthood can help slow disease progression and improve well-being across the life span; however, recent estimates among young adults have not been reported.
