National, regional, and global causes of mortality in 5-19-year-olds from 2000 to 2019: a systematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Investments in the survival of older children and adolescents (aged 5-19 years) bring triple dividends for now, their future, and the next generation. However, 1·5 million deaths occurred in this age group globally in 2019, nearly all from preventable causes. To better focus the attention of the global community on improving survival of children and adolescents and to guide effective policy and programmes, sound and timely cause of death data are crucial, but often scarce.

Methods

In this systematic analysis, we provide updated time-series for 2000-19 of national, regional, and global cause of death estimates for 5-19-year-olds with age-sex disaggregation. We estimated separately for countries with high versus low mortality, by data availability, and for four age-

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8864304 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature