Risky behaviors and causes of Death in the United States

What we have the most control over and why?

• Our genetics? (what we inherit from our family)

• Our environment? (all that surrounds us)

• Our behavior? (the way we act and react)

Tools used to measure Risky Behaviors in Adults

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems

• The (BRFSS) is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system

• Used to track health conditions and risk behaviors in the US yearly since 1984

• Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam

http://www.cdc.gov/BRFSS/

Tools used to measure Risky Behaviors

Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) • Compiled by the federal Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)• Compiled by conducting surveys with teens

throughout the United States• Monitor health risk behaviors that contribute to

the development of leading causes of death and disability

• Conducted every two years, produces data representative of high school students on a national, state, and local levels.

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm

Top 10 Causes of Death Overall

• Using your chart identify the top 10 causes of death among the total population.

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Top 10 Causes of Death for adolescents ages 15-24

• Using your chart identify the top 10 causes of death among people ages 15-24

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Graded Assignment

• Teen Health Risk Appraisal

The Risky Business of Being A Teen