HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Mortality Rate, Homicide, Measles
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With regard to the health profile of this age group, four major areas stand out : mortality, morbidity from specific infectious diseases, health behaviors and lifestyles, protective factors. A(cid:374) i(cid:374)dividual"s (cid:271)ehaviors a(cid:374)d overall lifest(cid:455)le are heavily impacted by factors both within and outside his or her control. This is increasingly recognized by the community health workforce, and strategies to improve the health and well-being of the adolescent and young adult population are including approaches that will modify the environment to support healthy lifestyles. On average, adolescents and young adults are a health segment of the us population. Due to the o(cid:271)esit(cid:455) epide(cid:373)i(cid:272), toda(cid:455)"s (cid:455)outh (cid:373)a(cid:455) have a shorter life e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ta(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) tha(cid:374) their parents. The death rate for adolescents and young adults has significantly declined: between 1950 and 2010, the death rate of adolescents and young adults ages 15-24 declined by 47%
