Abstract
If you are aged 15-19 years old, what is your most likely cause of death at that age? AIDS? Tuberculosis? Suicide? All likely suspects, but the answer is death in a road traffic accident. Such a fate is the second most likely cause of death in the 5-year age-bands above and below 15-19, and the third most likely cause in those aged 5-9 years, according to Youth end rood safety, a report by WHO that will be released on April 23. Most victims will be young men and boys. Men aged under 25 years are nearly three times as likely as women of that age to be killed in a road-traffic accident. (Author/publisher)