Search Tag: premature mortality
2024 15 Mar
Deaths among adolescent and young women are more common than previously thought, with unintentional injury, suicide, and homicide being the leading causes among females aged 1 to 19 years in the US. Among those aged 20 to 44 years, unintentional injury, cancer, and suicide are the leading causes. While direct deaths during teen pregnancy and childbirth...Read more
2015 02 Oct
At a United Nations meeting in New York last week, the global community adopted sustainable development goals - specifically 17 goals and 169 target. Ironically, only one goal focuses on health - Goal 3 which aims to “ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all ages.” Related targets to this goal include reducing global mortality ratio to <70...Read more