Using data from the latest 2019 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, researchers analyzed adolescent deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to traffic and unintentional injuries in 204 countries over the past 30 years. They found that even though traffic injury death rates have fallen by a third since 1990, the number of teenage deaths from road crashes is still rising in some countries. Lead author Dr Amy Peden, research fellow at the UNSW School of Medicine ‘s School of Population Health, said: “We are seeing a substantial increase in the absolute number of injury-related deaths and DALYs, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The more at-risk populations are neglected.” The rate of decline in traffic injuries and fatalities in high-income countries has slowed over the past decade. The rate of decline between 2010 and 2019 was only 1.7%, compared with 2.4% per year between 1990 and 2010. Dr Peden said: “In high-income countries like Australia, the rate of decline is really slowing. We have seen a near stagnation in the decline in road traffic injury rates over the past 10 years, which shows a lack of attention to the issue.” Due to independence And a rise in risk-taking, teens are particularly vulnerable to the risk of harm. However, few studies to date have analyzed injury patterns in this vulnerable age group.
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