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WHO: More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year around the world — an average of 3,000 deaths per day — from causes that are largely preventable

May 16th, 2017

The leading cause of death among 10- to 19-year-olds globally in 2015 was road injury, which killed more than 115,000 people, followed by lower respiratory infections and self-harm.
Two-thirds of deaths among adolescents occur in Southeast Asia and Africa.

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