Health indicators on adolescents reveal disparity and inequality on regional and national levels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health status in adolescents is difficult to evaluate and compare horizontally, vertically and longitudinally among different regions and nations of the world.

Methods

With repeated surveys conducted with relatively uniformed standards, the UNICEF Data warehouse compiles and publishes a wide spectrum of health indicators, of which data analysis and visualization would reveal the underlying statuses and trends on global, regional and national levels.

Results

Apparent geographic disparity is present in that sub-Saharan African countries lag far behind their counterparts in other regions with regard to most health indicators on adolescents. Education attendance rates sequentially drop from primary to secondary school levels, and display correlation with youth

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8161722 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature