Transcript Critical Health Behaviors

Why
Health?
Center for Disease Control
and Prevention
• CDC
–Gathers statistics for the nation
• Addresses the six behaviors that
research shows contribute to the
leading causes of death and disability
for adults and youth
• Behaviors are usually established
during childhood
Critical Health Behaviors
• Injury and Violence
– includes motor vehicle,
unintentional injuries, homicide,
and suicide
– associated behaviors: fights,
carrying weapons, making a
suicide plan, and not wearing
seatbelts
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•Alcohol and Drug Use
– Third leading cause of
preventable death
– Factor in approximately 41%
of all deaths from motor
vehicle crashes
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• Alcohol and Drug Use
– A person may be
predisposed to addiction
– The younger a person
uses, the greater the
chance of addiction
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• Tobacco Use
– Smoking causes 435,000
deaths each year
– Every day 4000 teens try
their first cigarette
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• Tobacco Use
– 3000 teens become
regular smokers EACH
day
– 90% of all smokers start
by the age of 19
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• Physical Activity
– Participation declines as
children get older
– Lack of activity leads to
premature death
– Over 1/3 of American youth
are very unfit
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• Nutrition
– 80% of teens don’t eat
recommended servings of
fruits and vegetables
– nearly 9 million 6-19 year
olds are overweight (60% of
total population)
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• Sexual Risk behaviors
–19 million new STI infections
each year-almost half among
youth 15-24
– About 13% of new HIV/AIDS
cases are youth 13-24
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• Sexual Risk behaviors
– 34% of young women become
pregnant at least once before age
20
– A teen pregnancy occurs every 30
seconds
–13% of all pregnancies occur
among girls aged 15-19