Select the most appropriate word to Fill in the blank.
Depression is now the single largest illness in the world, suicide is thus the second leading cause of death among _______ and young adults.

Options

A. boys
B. infants
C. girls
D. adolescents

Explanation

(d) adolescents- (of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult)
(b) infants- a very young child or baby.
Option (a) and (c) shouldn’t be used because the given sentence says nothing which generalizes or s pecifies the gender.