Adolescent mortality ranking - top 5 causes (country)

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Indicator name: 
 Adolescent mortality rate (per 100 000 population) 
Data type: 
 Rate 
Indicator Id: 
 4751 

                            Topic:
                        

                                Mortality and burden of disease
                            

Definition:

Number of deaths among adolescents (10-19 years old) per 100 000 adolescent population.

Disaggregation:

Sex

Method of measurement

Civil or sample registration: Mortality by age and sex are used to calculate age specific rates. Census: Mortality by age and sex tabulated from questions on recent deaths that occurred in the household during a given period preceding the census (usually 12 months). Census or surveys: Direct or indirect methods provide adult mortality rates based on information on survival of parents or siblings.

M&E Framework:

Impact

Method of estimation:

Mortality rates by age and sex for WHO Member States are derived from life tables which draw on UN World Population Prospects 2015 revision, recent and unpublished analyses of all-cause and HIV mortality for countries with high HIV prevalence, vital registration data, and estimates of child mortality from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. Population numbers are taken from the United Nations' World Population Prospects 2015 revision. More detailed methods are available from the links below. Predominant type of statistics: predicted

Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates:

Population-weighted average.

Other possible data sources:

Household surveys

Population census

Sample or sentinel registration systems

Preferred data sources:

Civil registration with complete coverage

Unit of Measure:

Deaths per 1000 population

Expected frequency of data dissemination:

Every 2-3 years

Expected frequency of data collection:

Continuous

Links:

WHO methods for life tables

World Population Prospects (UN Population Division)

WHO methods and data sources for country-level causes of death, 2000-2015

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