TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Death in 12-24-Year-Old Youth in Nova Scotia: High Risk of Preventable Deaths for Males, Socially Deprived and Rural Populations-A Report from the NSYOUTHS Program
JO  - International journal of pediatrics
A1  - Dummer, T. J. B.
A1  - Bellemare, S.
A1  - MacDonald, N.
A1  - Parker, L.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - 2010
IS  - ePub
N2  - Deaths from avoidable causes represent the largest component of deaths in young people in Canada and have a considerable social cost in relation to years of potential life lost. We evaluated social and demographic determinants of deaths in youth aged 12-24 years in Nova Scotia for the period 1995-2004. Youth most at risk of death were males, the more socially deprived, and those living in rural areas. There was a five-fold increase in suicides and a three-fold increase in injury deaths in males compared to females and a substantial component of these deaths were amongst males living in rural areas. Initiatives and prevention policies should be targeted towards specific at-risk groups, particularly males living in rural areas. Published vital statistics hide these important trends and thus provide only limited evidence with which to base-prevention initiatives.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1687-9740
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/769075
ID  - ref1
ER  -