Transcript Health Issues in Adolescence

Health Issues in Adolescence
Health Issues
• 20% have chronic health problems
▫ Most common are ADHD or LD
• Try first substance abuse or sexual experience
• Parents become lacks on yearly Drs. Visits
• Immunizations
▫ Hep. B, tetanus and Human Papilloma Virus for
girls
• Sleep deprivation, poor nutrition, alcohol and
substance abuse, sexual activity and DUI
Eating Disorders
• Anorexia Nervosa
▫ 10% of adolescence
• Bulimia
▫ 4 % of women
▫ Not just girls, some wrestlers
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Obesity
▫ 1 in 5 adolescents 12 to 19 years of age is
overweight
▫ Greater risk of diabetes
Substance Abuse
• Smoking and tobacco Products
▫ 22 % of HS smoke, 12 % of male HS chew
▫ 3 % of MS smoke, 5 % MS chew
▫ Showing a decrease for MS, small decrease for HS
• Alcohol
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Decline in number but still #1 youth drug problem
More than 30% drank alcohol
Binge drinking highest among 18 to 21 yr. olds
Consequences: alcohol-related traffic fatalities, poor
grades, parental trouble, unprotected sex,
unemployment
• Substance abuse
▫ 20 % of HS used illicit drugs
▫ Any substance (legal or illegal)that puts ones self in a
hazardous situation
▫ DARE and SADD
Sexually Transmitted Infection
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Include HIV/AIDS
50% of adolescents engaged in sexual relations
14% have had 4 or more partners
60% use a condom
Teens have highest rates of HPV, Chlamydia,
gonorrhea, and syphilis
Kansas Numbers Jan. – June 2013
• Chlamydia
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9 cases in Rice County
15 to 19 year olds – 1,588 case (2nd highest)
20 to 24 year olds – 2,332 cases (highest)
More females than males
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0 cases in Rice County
15 to 19 year olds – 182 cases
20 to 24 year olds – 365 cases
More female than males
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0 cases in Rice County
15 to 19 years olds – 4 cases
20 to 24 year olds – 12 cases (2nd highest)
More males than females
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15 to 24 year olds – 12 cases of AIDS, 32 cases of HIV
25 to 34 year olds – 28 cases of AIDS, 34 cases of HIV
More males than females
Our Region- AIDS – 64 cases, HIV – 48 cases
• Gonorrhea
• Syphilis
• AIDS/HIV (no new stats)
Teen Pregnancy
• Non-married birth statics rose to record high
38% (teens part if number)
• 1991-2005 teen preg. #’s drop but are on the rise
( up 3 % in 2006)
• Teen preg. In U.S. higher than any other country
• 42 births per 1000 women ages 15-19 yrs.
Body Art and Tattooing
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More teens than in previous generations
About 3-9% of population have tattoos
10-16% of adolescents
Reasons
▫ Demonstrate social identity, memberships, or
class
▫ Commemorate a special event
▫ Express intimacy
▫ Be entertained
Stress, Anxiety, Depression, & Suicide
• 29% of teens seriously considered suicide
• 12% teen rate
▫ Higher attempts in females (double that of males)
▫ Males 4 times more likely to die
• Suicide 3rd leading cause of death in15 to 24 yr.
olds