Looking only at low- and middle-income countries in Africa, communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, lower respiratory infections, meningitis, and diarrhoeal diseases are bigger causes of death among adolescents than road injuries.
11663
下呼吸道感染和妊娠并发症损害女童健康
Lower respiratory infections and pregnancy complications take toll on girls’ health
The leading cause of death for younger adolescent girls aged 10–14 years are lower respiratory infections, such as pneumonia – often a result of indoor air pollution from cooking with dirty fuels.
11666
出血、败血症、难产等妊娠并发症和不安全堕胎并发症则是15至19岁女孩的首要死因。
Pregnancy complications, such as haemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labour, and complications from unsafe abortions, are the top cause of death among 15–19-year-old girls.
11667
青少年面临的自残和自杀风险极高
Adolescents are at very high risk of self-harm and suicide
11668
自杀和自残引起的意外死亡是2015年青少年第三大死因，估计约造成6.7万人死亡。
Suicide and accidental death from self-harm were the third cause of adolescent mortality in 2015, resulting in an estimated 67 000 deaths.
11669
自残大都发生在年龄较大的青少年中，从全球情况看，这是年龄较大的女青少年的第二大死因。
Self-harm largely occurs among older adolescents, and globally it is the second leading cause of death for older adolescent girls.
11670
它是欧洲和东南亚青少年死亡的首要或次要原因。
It is the leading or second cause of adolescent death in Europe and South-East Asia.