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Adolescent Health

More than a quarter of the world's population is between the ages of 10 and 24. Most (86 percent) of the world's 1.7 billion young people live in developing countries, where they are often 30 percent or more of the population. At first gl...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ABSTINENCE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORS ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT HEALTH ADOLESCENT HEALTH NEEDS ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAMS ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADOLESCENTS ADULT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADVOCACY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE OF MARRIAGE AIDS ORPHANS CARE PROVIDERS CHILD DEATHS CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH CIGARETTE SMOKING CIVIL UNREST COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE USE CONTRACEPTIVES CRIME CYCLE OF POVERTY DELIVERY CARE DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISEASE DRUG ABUSE EARLY DEATH EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY EATING HABITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROSPERITY EFFECTIVE CONTRACEPTION EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FAMILY SIZE FERTILITY RATES FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHY BEHAVIORS HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV/AIDS INFANT INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INJECTING DRUG USE INJURY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION JOB TRAINING JUDGMENTAL ATTITUDES KIDS LEGISLATORS LIFE SKILLS MALARIA MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE AGE MASS MEDIA MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MEDICAL SERVICES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINIMUM AGE AT MARRIAGE NATIONAL POLICIES NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES OLDER WOMEN PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL PEER EDUCATION PEER EDUCATORS PHARMACIES POLICY DIALOGUE POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR HEALTH POOR NUTRITION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANCY-RELATED CAUSES PREMATURE DEATHS AMONG ADULTS PRENATAL CARE PRIVACY PUBERTY RADIO RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTLOOK REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS RISK BEHAVIORS RISK OF ILLNESS RISKY SEX ROAD ACCIDENTS ROLE MODELS RURAL YOUTH SAFE DELIVERY SAFER SEX SCHOOL HEALTH SCHOOL YOUTH SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX WORKERS SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUALITY SEXUALITY EDUCATION SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUTH SMOKING SMOKING POLICIES SOCIAL BURDENS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL MARKETING OF CONDOMS SOCIAL NORMS STIS STREET CHILDREN SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUICIDE TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGER TOBACCO TOBACCO CONTROL TOBACCO USE TOLERANCE TUBERCULOSIS TV UNEMPLOYMENT UNFPA UNPLANNED PREGNANCY UNSAFE ABORTION UNWANTED PREGNANCY UNWANTED SEX VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULT YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MEN YOUNG MOTHERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTH ACTIVITIES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/11999694/adolescent-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9751

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Summary:	More than a quarter of the world's population is between the ages of 10 and 24. Most (86 percent) of the world's 1.7 billion young people live in developing countries, where they are often 30 percent or more of the population. At first glance, youth appears to be a relatively healthy although not hazard-free period of life. Young people account for 15 percent of the disease and injury burden worldwide and over one million die each year, mainly from preventable causes. Nonetheless, roughly 70 percent of premature deaths among adults can be linked to behavior initiated during adolescence, such as tobacco use, poor eating habits, and risky sex. Investing in health and development of young people is not only the right thing to do, it's the smart thing for countries that want their economies to grow faster: 1) reducing HIV infection in young people will reduce the devastating economic impact of HIV/AIDS; 2) when young people postpone marriage and childbearing, family size falls and population growth slows. Combined with investments in health and education, these changes contribute to higher economic growth and incomes; and 3) investments to head off negative behaviors such as tobacco use and drug abuse will pay off later for individuals and for society.