INEC recorded that more than 1,000 children and young people died in 2022. The main causes include traffic accidents, followed by murder and suicide.
traffic accident is caused Death of children and teenagers In Ecuador.A report from the Ecuadorian Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) details that in 2022 these accidents caused 195 people aged 5 to 17 years.
“This number is only part of the More than 1,000 children and teenagers died by 2022, for different reasons,” the study said.
Hearings to bring charges against members of the judiciary have been scheduled
The list of causes of death for this group also includes: murder and suicide.
A noteworthy fact is that until 2021 murder is the eighth cause The number of deaths in this population.This means that the security crisis caused Violent deaths escalate in six locations In just one year.
INEC also detailed that other causes of death among children and adolescents in the country are lymphoid tissue tumors, influenza and pneumonia, and congenital malformations.
Álvaro Guzmán, former director of the National Transport Agency Traffic accidents are like an epidemic. “traffic accident They are an epidemic that has yet to be solved Nor is it controlled by the authorities,” he said.
For this reason, he said, the new government must urgently develop public policies to stop deaths on the roads.
Why are people dying in Ecuador?
INEC report confirmed 10 main reasons Death of an Ecuadorian.
Health doctor Esteban Ortiz explains that death from heart disease is directly related to heart disease. people’s bad habits in your daily life.
“Currently, a large proportion of people have put exercise on hold; Defeated by Carbohydrate Diet and ultra-processed foods. This results in thousands of deaths from heart disease,” he explained.
Experts added Stress and sedentary lifestyle are other factors that increase the risk of death from heart disease.
“If people do not change their lifestyles and if authorities do not launch education and prevention campaigns, the number of deaths from heart disease will continue to be alarming,” he warned.
The deadliest year
89,946 deaths The number of deaths registered in 2022 was the third deadliest year in a year, after 2020 and 2021. COVID-19 pandemic Caused thousands of abnormal deaths.
INEC data also shows that The country’s death toll has increased Deaths have increased over the past 12 years, except in 2014, when 235 fewer people died compared to 2013.
During this period, male mortality was 4 to 8 deaths per 1,000 people, Among women, the rate varies between 3.5 and 6.7 per 100,000 people.
INEC added 25,838 people died in Guayas, The province had the highest death toll in 2022. This is followed by Pichincha with 13,927; followed by Pichincha with 13,927 deaths; and Manabi with 8,818.