The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most well-known medical journals, shared extremely important findings about why the death rate of young men is higher, in a comprehensive study published in October and conducted with hundreds of partners. Similar studies have been done in this area before. A study stating that biological factors have a large share in this issue also drew attention to the social behavior of men. But this research, published by The Lancet, takes a closer look at the causes, concentrating on different countries and regions.
Sharing that there has been a 30% decrease in the death rate of young girls between the ages of 10-24 since 1950, the research reports that there is a 15% decrease in boys in the same age group. The salient reasons for the high mortality rate of the male population around the world differ from country to country.
The most prominent causes of death are ‘suicide and conflict’:
Researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Washington classified youth mortality rates in 204 countries by gender and age categories. From the results obtained, it was determined that there was a large difference in mortality rates between young girls and boys. Suicide was the leading cause of death in young men aged 15-24 in Central-East Europe and Central Asta regions. In Latin America and the Caribbean, violence and conflict are among the top causes. In addition, 61% of deaths in this age group in 2019 were found to be men.
The research, which states that seeing the youth as the “healthy period of life” by the society in general, prevents the steps to be taken in this area, says that we need to look at the health status of young people between the ages of 10-24 with a new perspective. It is emphasized that the data obtained should be taken into account by governments and non-governmental organizations and the problems of this age group should be taken seriously.
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