New study shows about 1/3 of young people in 43 LMIC have lost a sibling before age 25 (IMAGE)

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New study shows about 1/3 of young people in 43 LMIC have lost a sibling before age 25

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Percentage of young women (15-34) who have at least one deceased sibling before age 25 in 44 countries across Western, Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Estimates calculated based on Demographic and Health Survey data (https://dhsprogram.com/). All women ages 15-34 at the time of the survey were born after 1984. See S1 Table for a full list of countries and point estimates. Figure created using mapchart.net.

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Smith-Greenaway E., Weitzman A. (PLOS ONE, 2020) CC BY 4.0

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