Citation

Tze Wai Wong, Tam Wilson Wai Sun. Asia Pac. J. Public Health 2008; 20(2): 148-151.

Affiliation

Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Hong Kong. twwong@cuhk.edu.hk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1010539507311555

PMID

19124308

Abstract

The authors compared adolescent mortalities due to external causes in two 5-year periods (from 1986-1990 and 1996-2000) in Hong Kong. Leading external causes are traffic accidents and suicide. The mortality rate is comparatively low and has decreased significantly over time. Suicide deaths are, however, on the increase. Monitoring the changing trend is useful in setting public health priorities.

Language: en