A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said estimated 12,000 people die from violence and injuries around the world each day.
Titled: “Preventing Injuries and Violence: An Overview” and published on the WHO website, the report suggests that three of the top five causes of death among people aged 5-29 years are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.
It noted that due to both unintentional causes and violence, injuries took the lives of 4.4 million people around the world in 2019 and that they constitute 8 per cent of all deaths.
