Transcript Top 10 Causes of Death in the US

Risky behaviors and causes of
Death in the United States
What we have the
most control over and why?
• Our genetics? (what we inherit from our
family)
• Our environment? (all that surrounds us)
• Our behavior? (the way we act and react)
Tools used to measure
Risky Behaviors in Adults
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems
• The (BRFSS) is the world’s largest, on-going
telephone health survey system
• Used to track health conditions and risk
behaviors in the US yearly since 1984
• Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam
http://www.cdc.gov/BRFSS/
Tools used to measure
Risky Behaviors
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Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Compiled by the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
Compiled by conducting surveys with teens
throughout the United States
Monitor health risk behaviors that contribute to
the development of leading causes of death and
disability
Conducted every two years, produces data
representative of high school students on a
national, state, and local levels.
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm
Top 10 Causes of Death Overall
• Using your chart identify the top 10 causes
of death among the total population.
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Top 10 Causes of Death for
adolescents ages 15-24
• Using your chart identify the top 10 causes
of death among people ages 15-24
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Graded Assignment
• Teen Health Risk Appraisal
The Risky Business of Being A Teen