> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.foodconsumer.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Disease is not the number one killer of men worldwide
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/disease_is_not_the_number_one_killer_of_men_worldwide_0330111239/
- Published: 2011-03-30T14:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:11:51.000Z
- Description: Analyzing 50 years of WHO mortality data from 50 countries, researchers report in the Lancet that injuries such as accidents, violence and suicide have led deaths among men aged 10 to 24 since the late 1970s, while disease still dominates among younger children and young women.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Disease, Health News, #vivvo-import

by Aimee Keenan-Greene

What's killing more young men than disease?

Researchers in the journal Lancet say injuries like [accidents, violence and suicide](http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-teen-mortality-lancet-20110329,0,226563.story?ref=foodconsumer.org) were the dominant causes of death in young men ages 10-24 years since the late 1970's.

Scientists analyzed global mortality data from the World Health Organization for people ages 1-24 over a fifty year period starting in 1955\. 

Data from fifty countries was scoured: ten countries categorized as high income, twenty-two as middle income, eight as low income, seven as very low income, and three unclassified.

Half a century ago mortality was highest in the 1-4 year age group. 

By the year 2000, mortality in men ages 15-24 was two-to-three times higher than that in boys ages 1-4.

Mortality in young women 15-24 years was equal to that of young girls 1-4 years.

Across the study period, all-cause mortality was reduced by:

85 to 93 percent in children aged 1-4 years

80 to 87 percent in children aged 5-9 years

68 to 78 percent in young people aged 10 -14 years

41 to 48 percent in your men 15-24 years

Communicable and non-communicable diseases remained the main causes of death in children ages 1-9 and young women ages 10-24.