Road safety: challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin American Economic Review

Table 7 Projected top ten causes of death among 15–29 years old for 2030.

	World	High-income countries	Low- and middle-income countries
	World	High-income countries	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa
Road injury	441,351	16,221	75,528	8469	34,313	25,160	126,067	155,593
Self-harm	234,568	20,064	23,043	9811	13,508	3902	120,823	43,418
HIV/AIDS	215,833	1,219	15,713	5249	8275	1814	10,940	172,623
Cardiovascular diseases	194,562	7054	37,876	7997	10,830	16,613	56,371	57,821
Interpersonal violence	185,828	10,047	13,896	3056	68,948	2929	16,182	70,771
Maternal conditions	95,347	522	4283	334	2394	1931	19,795	66,089
Respiratory infections	87,778	1058	6610	1056	3441	2978	6602	66,032
Diarrheal diseases	99,546	101	8550	162	636	741	25,417	63,939
Drowning	68,509	1986	11,053	3864	4889	2420	18,245	26,051
Meningitis	39,747	157	1601	251	469	567	3576	33,125