Mortality rate for New Zealand adolescents

Mortality rate for New Zealand adolescents

A recent article Health of the World's Adolescents: a synthesis of internationally comparable data, co-authored by Professor George C Patton showed a high overall mortality rate for New Zealand adolescents.
For further context, you may want to look at some of the work undertaken by the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC). CYMRC operates under the umbrella of the Health Quality & Safety Commission and reviews the deaths of children and young people aged from 28 days to 24 years old.
Relevant media releases and reports include:

• Media release March 2012: Surviving the risk-taking years: http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/cymrc/news-and-events/media/387/
• Media release March 2012: Middle years focus required to prevent teen deaths: http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/cymrc/news-and-events/media/345/
• Media release Sept 2011: Report looks at deadly impact of alcohol on children and young people.: http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/cymrc/news-and-events/news/184/
• Report: The risk taking years: http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/assets/CYMRC/Publications/cymrc-5th-report-chp3-unintentional-Injury.pdf

• Report: Youth suicide: http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/assets/CYMRC/Publications/cymrc-5th-report-cpt4-youth-suicide.pdf

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