Road accidents kill more people aged 10-24 worldwide than any other single source according to the published research in the Lancet medical journal.
And while global figures that reveal violence, suicide, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, are all significant mortality risks, one of the authors of the study four out of five youth describes as "completely avoidable" deaths in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Russell Viner, University College London Institute of child health, explained that in contrast to public concern about knife and gun crime among young people, it is far less significant in the United Kingdom as in some other developed countries like the United States.
But Dr. Viner expressed concern about Britain's "much higher rates of alcohol and drugs abuse than many other high-income countries", add that violations relating to such abuses "non-random, avoidable events".
Call for a change of perspective, he said: "young people are vilified in the UK,"
"You are seen as dangerous, seen as a potentially antisocial, and there is fear of young people and this must change."
With numbers of 2004, the study found that traffic accidents was the leading cause of death for 10 - to 24-year, accounting for 10% of all deaths among worldwide waren.Es 14% of all male deaths cause an enormous gap between the sexes with crashes but only 5% of female deaths.
Road accidents are an even more significant cause of fatality among young people, 30% of deaths in men and 17% of female deaths in the United Kingdom.
No comments:
Post a Comment