Death rates for leading causes of death in adolescents aged 10 -19 WHO regions 2015
This statistic presents the death rates for the five leading causes of deaths among adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in each WHO region in 2015 (per 100,000 population). In low- and middle-income countries in Africa the leading cause of death among those aged 10 to 19 years was lower respiratory infections with a death rate of 21.8 per 100,000 population. In high income WHO countries road injury was the leading cause of death among adolescents with a rate of 4.6. Road injury was the only cause to be in the five leading causes of death among adolescents in every WHO region.