交通事故成全球青少年头号杀手
Road traffic injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers globally, international data released by the World Health Organization reveals. In 2015, more than 1.2 million adolescents died. Road injuries were to blame for about one in 10 of these deaths. Most of the road fatalities involved males between the ages of 10 and 19. Chest infections and self-harm were the biggest global killers of girls and young women, however. According to the worldwide report, more than 3,000 adolescents die every day. Over two-thirds of these deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South East Asia. Although far fewer in number, road injuries are still the leading cause of adolescent death in high-income countries, shortly followed by deaths from self-harm. In 2015 in Britain, road accidents killed 145 people aged 10-19, and left 3,166 more seriously injured. ccording to UK experts, the transition between primary and secondary school, when children often begin to walk to school unassisted, can be a particularly risky time. |