Adolescent Health
(Data are for the U.S.)
Health status
- Percent of adolescents 12-17 years of age who are in excellent or very good health: 80.5%
- Percent of adolescents 12-17 years of age who missed 11 or more days of school in the past 12 months because of illness or injury: 6.7%
Health risk factors
- Percent of adolescents 12-19 years of age who are obese: 18% (2007-2008)
- Percent of adolescents 12-17 years of age who smoked cigarettes in the past month: 8.9% (2009)
- Percent of adolescents 12-17 years of age who used alcohol in the past month: 14.7% (2009)
Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 64 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
Access to health care
- Percent of adolescents 12-17 years of age without health insurance: 9.8%
- Percent of adolescents 12-17 years of age with no usual source of health care: 6.7%
Mortality
- Number of deaths for adolescents 15-19 years of age: 11,520
- Deaths per 100,000 population for adolescents 15-19 years of age: 53.5
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, table 3 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
- Leading causes of deaths among adolescents 15-19 years of age:
- Accidents (unintentional injuries)
- Homicide
- Suicide
Source: Deaths: Leading Causes for 2008, table 1 [PDF - 2.8 MB]
More data
- Adolescent Health in the United States, 2007 [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
- Educating teenagers about sex in the United States
- Health Data Interactive
- Health, United States, trend tables with data on child and adolescent health
- Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth (from A to Z)
- Smoking, alcohol use, and illicit drug use reported by adolescents aged 12-17 years: United States, 1999-2004 [PDF - 444 KB]
- Teen births
- Use of Mental Health Services in the Past 12 Months by Children Aged 4-17 Years: United States, 2005-2006 [PDF - 806 KB]
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