Democratic Republic of the Congo

Health and nutrition

All cause mortality rate

Deaths per 1,000 adolescents

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Leading causes of death

Top five causes of death among adolescents

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      Suicide mortality rate

      Deaths due to self-harm per 100,000 adolescents

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      Adolescent birth rate

      Births per 1,000 adolescent girls

      Thinness and overweight

      Trends in percentages of those aged 10–19 years with a BMI at least 2SD below the median (thinness) and 1SD above the median (overweight)

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      Substance use

      Percentage of those aged 13–15 years who used any tobacco and those aged 15–19 years who used any alcohol in the past month

      Tobacco

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      Alcohol

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      Education and learning

      Education level completion rate

      Percentage of cohort who completed each education level

      Primary

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      Lower Secondary

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      Upper Secondary

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      Out of school rate

      Percentage out of school at the lower secondary level

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      Proficiency in reading and math

      Percentage with proficiency at the end of lower secondary

      Reading

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      Math

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      Youth literacy rate

      Percentage aged 15–24 years who can read and write

      Protection

      Child marriage

      Percentage of women aged 20–24 years who were married before age 15 or age 18

      Before age 15

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      Before age 18

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      Homicide mortality rate

      Deaths due to interpersonal violence per 100,000 adolescents

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      Violent discipline

      Percentage of those aged 10–14 years who experienced violent discipline in the previous month

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      Bullying

      Percentage of adolescents aged 13–15 years who were bullied at least once in the past couple of months

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      Intimate partner violence

      Percentage of ever-married girls aged 15–19 years who experienced physical and/or sexual violence committed by a husband or partner in the past 12 months

      Transition to work

      Household chores

      Average weekly hours spent on unpaid household chores by those aged 10–17 years

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      Economic activities

      Average weekly hours spent on economic activities by those aged 10–17 years

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      Child labour by type

      Percentage of those aged 10–17 years exceeding the thresholds for child labour, by activity

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      Unemployment rate

      Percentage of those aged 15–19 years who are unemployed

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      NEET

      Percentage of those aged 15–19 years not in education, employment, or training

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      ICT skills

      Percentage of those aged 15–24 years with information and communication technology skills

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      Population and society

      Adolescent population

      Number of adolescents, in thousands

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      Adolescent population share

      Percentage of the total population aged 10–19 years

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      GINI, SIGI and poverty

      GINI: Income inequality index 0–100; SIGI: Gender-based discrimination score 0–100; Poverty: Percentage of children ≥1 deprivation

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      Drinking water

      Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services

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      Sanitation

      Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services

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      Hygiene

      Percentage of population using basic hygiene services

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