World Health Statistics 2023

These compiled teaching resources on children’s health are part of the resource pack on children’s health curated by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator. In particular, these case studies, news sources, infographics, videos, and teaching packs consider different populations of children or regions of the world, and can be leveraged creatively as a component of a lesson plan or to illustrate a specific subject area.

This brief from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) details the latest findings and data on the death rates of people aged 15 to 24 in the United States. Compared to young people in other high-income countries, Americans under 25 are twice as likely to die, with mortality rates remaining stagnant or increasing for all age groups under 25 over the past several years. The authors examine these mortality differences, focusing on the risk factors for…

This article from The Lancet Global Health estimates mortality trends in youth aged 15 to 24 using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2019. According to the authors, the probability of an individual dying between 15 to 24 years was 11.2 deaths per 1000 youths in 2019. This demonstrates a 34% decrease between 1990 and 2019, from 17.1 deaths per 1000 in 1990. However, this progress is considerably slower than declines in…