Health

Then and Now

In the 1800s and early 1900s infectious diseases such as influenza, tuberculosis, and diphtheria were the leading causes of death.

Nowadays in the 21ST century, these have been replaced

with the lifestyle diseases such asheart attacks, strokes, CVD’s, cancer &

diabetes.

When infectious diseases were the leading causes of death, health care was more of a mechanistic model. This means that you

live your life until something goes wrong and then you go see a doctor and get it fixed.

Problem with this is that it may not be able

to be fixed.

Now that the leading causes of death are lifestyle diseases, a preventative model is more critical.

This suggests that health is a culmination

of your lifestyle choices, making choices

to prevent you from getting sick.

what do you think is what do you think is the leading cause of the leading cause of

death among death among teenagers?teenagers?

Soooooo… knowing our lifestyle has a big influence on our health,

#1 Motor Vehicle #1 Motor Vehicle AccidentsAccidents

In 2009, more than 3,000 teens in the United States aged 15–19 were killed and  more than 350,000

were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes.1,2  

~~MAKE UP 67% OF ALL DEATHS AGES 15-19~~ (out of all unintentional injuries

42%)

TEEN DRIVER FACTS: CDC

◦Newly licensed teens, teens driving with passengers, and male teenagers have the highest risks for motor vehicle accidents.

◦Males are 2X more likely than females to be involved in a crash.

◦In 2010, 22% of teen drivers involved in fatal motor vehicle crashes were drinking.

◦Teens have the lowest rate of seatbelt use.◦Teen drivers are 3X more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash.

The factor that contributes most often to automobile

accidents is…

Driver Driver BehaviorBehavior

A GROWING PROBLEMTEXTING AND DRIVING

Other factors Other factors that should that should be avoided be avoided are are speeding, speeding, aggressiveneaggressiveness ss and and impaired impaired drivingdriving

Some general rules for driving that apply to all motor vehicles are:AVOIDING DISTRACTIONS

a. don’t drive under the influence

b. avoid fatigue c. leave room

between you and car in front

d. drive the speed limit

e. monitor the road and surroundings.f. wear your seat

belt g. be courteous.

# 2 Homicide# 2 Homicide

Although other teens are responsible for many of the homicides of teens below age

18, two-thirds of the murderers are eighteen or older.4   Gang involvement has been associated with many teen murders

~~MAKES UP 17% OF ALL DEATHS AGES 15-19~~

#3 Suicide#3 Suicide

In 2009, 1,928 children and teens between the ages of 10 and 19 committed suicide in

the U.S. Teenage boys were four times as likely as teenage girls to die by suicide.

Boys were also more likely to use guns and suffocation to kill themselves. Girls were

more likely than boys to use pills.

~~MAKES UP 15% OF ALL DEATHS AGES 15-19~~

#4 Malignant #4 Malignant NeoplasmsNeoplasms

(cancer)(cancer)

Malignant neoplasm implies a lesion that can invade and destroy the adjacent

tissues and spread to the distant sites(Metastasize) and cause death,

Malignant tumors are also called CANCER

~~MAKE UP 6% OF ALL DEATHS AGES 15-19~~

#5 Heart #5 Heart DiseaseDisease

Most of the risk factors that affect children can be controlled early in life. Other risk factors are

usually passed down through family members or they are the result of another illness or disease.

These risk factors usually can be controlled. Congenital heart disease (heart defects you are born with) cannot be changed, but better tests

and treatments are now available for children with these types of heart problems.

~~MAKES UP 3% OF ALL DEATHS AGES 15-19~~

While unintentionalinjury is listed as the #1 cause of death with 4,807 deaths, of those deaths 3,242 are frommotor vehicle accidentsso we consider motor vehicle accidents as the #1 cause of death among 15 – 19 yr. olds.

Cause of Death # of Deaths Percent

Unintentional injury 4,807 42%Motor Vehicle Traffi c 3,242 67.40%Poisoning 715 14.90%Drowning 279 5.80%Other Transportation 203 4.20%Suffocation 61 1.30%Fall 58 1.20%Fire/Burn 56 1.20%All Other 193 4%

CDC 2009

Soooooo ……what are Soooooo ……what are some types of some types of

unintentional injury?unintentional injury?

A fatal injury A fatal injury caused by caused by electricity electricity entering the entering the body and body and destroying vital destroying vital tissues.tissues.

A fatal injury caused A fatal injury caused by an inability to by an inability to breathe when the breathe when the nose nose and mouth are and mouth are blocked blocked or when the body or when the body becomes oxygen-becomes oxygen-deficient.deficient.

FallsExplosions

Toxic hazards

ElectrocutionFires

The most common types of unintentional injuries in the workplace are

What is the government agency that was created to help prevent work-related injuries, illness and death?

OccupationalSafetyHealthAdministration