TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 68. Mortality
A1  - Ozer, Elizabeth M.
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
Y1  - 2011
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Mortality  rates  for  adolescents  have  decreased  over  the  past  3  decades,  yet  the  trends  remain  troubling.  The  mortality  rate  is  18.0  per  100,000  population  for  early  adolescents  (10–14  years)  and  65.1  per  100,000  population  for  late  adolescents  (15–19  years).  The  more  than  300%  increase  in  mortality  from  early  to  late  adolescence  reflects  the  violent  etiology  of  most  deaths  with  increased  access  to  motor  vehicles  and  firearms  combined  with  use  of  substances.  The  trend  worsens  in  young  adulthood:  Young  adults  have  5  times  the  mortality  rate  of  younger  adolescents,  with  97.5  deaths  per  100,000  population  (20–24  years).  The  majority  of  adolescent  and  young  adult  deaths  are  due  to  preventable  causes,  with  unintentional  injury  (mostly  due  to  motor  vehicle  accidents),  homicide,  and  suicide  accounting  for  75%  of  all  deaths.  Adolescent  males  are  more  likely  than  females  to  die  from  each  leading  cause  of  death,  and  this  gap  increases  with  age.  The  most  striking  difference  between  males  and  females  is  in  homicide  rates:  Older  adolescent  and  young  adult  males  are  about  6  times  as  likely  as  females  to  die  from  homicide.  Although  homicide  rates  have  decreased  significantly  since  peak  levels  in  the  early  1990s,  black,  non-Hispanic  male  adolescents  still  have  the  highest  rates  of  mortality,  primarily  due  to  homicide.1,2  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/24
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6737009
ER  -