Annex table 11: Leading causes of death among youth Region and country
Year
Leading cause of death
Second leading cause of death
Third leading cause of death
Deaths from leading cause as a proportion of total deaths (percentage)
Number of deaths for leading cause of death
Total number of deaths
1 675
11 977
14
28
129
22
7 844
34 744
23
AFRICA Egypt
2000
Event of undetermined intent
Heart failure and complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
Land transport accidents
Mauritius
2007
Land transport accidents
Intentional selfharm (suicide)
Accidental drowning and submersion/assault (homicide)**
South Africa
2006
Event of undetermined intent
Tuberculosis
Influenza and pneumonia
Bahrain
2001
Land transport accidents
Event of undetermined intent
Heart failure and complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
22
70
31
Brunei Darussalam
2000
Transport accidents
Accidental drowning and submersion
..
12
46
26
Georgia
2001
Influenza and pneumonia
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Assault (homicide)
72
391
18
Israel
2006
Land transport accidents
Intentional selfharm (suicide)
Assault (homicide)
120
459
26
Japan
2007
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
Land transport accidents
Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue
1 848
4 648
40
Kazakhstan
2007
Transport accidents
Intentional selfharm (suicide)
Assault (homicide)
1 007
4 952
20
Kyrgyzstan
2006
Land transport accidents
Intentional selfharm (suicide)
Tuberculosis
115
952
12
Kuwait
2002
Land transport accidents
Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue
Epilepsy and status epilepticus/congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities**
97
211
46
Korea, Republic of
2006
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
Land transport accidents
Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue
628
2 450
26
Phillipines
2003
Assault (homicide)
Land transport accidents
Tuberculosis
2 337
16 472
14
Singapore*
2006
Land transport accidents
Intentional selfharm (suicide)
Influenza and pneumonia
38
131
29
ASIA
164