Adolescent Health in the United States, 2007 (eBook)

Adolescent Health in the United States, 2007 (eBook)
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Adolescent Health in the United States, 2007 (eBook)
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This report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) presents data on the current status of adolescent health. Many of the measures of health status are shown by single year of age or by 2- or 3-year age intervals to highlight the changes that occur in health status as adolescents move through this important developmental period. Summary measures combining 5- or 10-year age groups (the standard for analyses of childhood health events) do not adequately capture the wide variation in health status and the vast developmental differences between younger and older adolescents.

Racial and ethnic variation in adolescent health is discussed when the data sources allow for such analysis. Differences between sexes in some aspects of health status among adolescents become more apparent with age. These differences are presented when the data allow for such analysis and the differences are notable.

 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
 
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
 
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
 
Population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
 
Race and Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
 
Poverty and Family Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
 
Dropout Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
 
Health Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
 
Limitation of Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
 
Overweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
 
Untreated Dental Caries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
 
Suicide Ideation and Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
 
Emergency Department Visits, Hospital Discharges,

and Death Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
 
Emergency Department Visits for Injury . . . . . . . . . . . 24
 
Emergency Department Visits for Selected External

Causes of Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
 
Emergency Department Visits for Selected Injury

Diagnoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
 
Emergency Department Visits for Selected

Diagnoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
 
Alcohol-related Emergency Department Visits . . . . . . . 32
 
Hospital Discharge Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
 
Hospital Discharge Rates for Selected Diagnoses. . . . 36
 
Death Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
 
Motor Vehicle- and Firearm-Related Deaths . . . . . . . 40
 
Violence and Victimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
 
Violent Crime Victimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
 
Dating Violence and Forced Intercourse . . . . . . . . . . 44
 
Reproductive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
 
Contraceptive Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
 
Pregnancy Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
 
Birth Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
 
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
 
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) . . . . . . . . . . . 54
 
Risk Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
 
Sexual Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
 
Sexual Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
 
Cigarette Smoking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
 
Alcohol Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
 
Drinking and Driving and Seatbelt Use. . . . . . . . . . . . 64
 
Use of Marijuana and Other Illicit Drugs . . . . . . . . . . 66
 
Weapon Carrying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
 
Physical Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
 
Dietary Risk Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
 
Health Care Access and Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
 
Health Care Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
 
Health Care Visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
 
Health Care Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
 
Medical Prescription Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
 
Unmet Health Care Needs for Adolescents with

Special Health Care Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
 
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Medical

Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
 
Dental Visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
 
Data Tables for Figures 1–40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
 
Technical Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
 
Appendixes
Appendix I: Healthy People 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
 
Appendix II: Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Audience

Pediatricians and adolescent doctors, healthcare experts, and businesses and organizations interested in national adolescent health statistics will find this book useful. In addition, parents and adolescents can find important information about health risks and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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U.S. Department for Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/CDC
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