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BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7496.901 (Published 14 April 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:901

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    Trends in indicators of adolescent health over the past two decades

    Inpatient and daycase bed use by adolescents 12-19 years in the UK, 1999


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    Trends in indicators of adolescent health over the past two decades

    Key indicator area

    Outcome

    Direction of change in past 30 years

    Detail

    Cardiovascular risk

    Obesity

    Increasing

    		 
       

    The prevalence of adolescent obesity (defined as BMI ≥95th centile) has quadrupled in representative samples since 1970s, rising from 4-5% in 1972w1 to 8% in the mid 1990sw2 and 21-23% in 2002.

     

    Smoking

    Decreasing

    		 
       

    There has been no significant change in prevalence of regular smoking amongst adolescents aged 11-15 years since 1982,w3 while smoking amongst adults declined significantly during the 1980s and early 1990s.w4

    Sexual health

    Teenage pregnancy

    Decreasing

    		 
       

    Live birth rates to women aged 15-19 years in the UK have changed little since the late 1970s, while rates have declined markedly in the same period in other European countries such as Germany and the Netherlands.w5

     

    STIs

    		  
       

    Rates of uncomplicated Chlamydia infections amongst 16-19 year old females doubled during the 1990s in the UK (PHLS).

    Mental health

    Suicide

    Increasing

    		 
       

    In contrast to dramatic declines in suicide rates amongst men and women over 45 years of age between 1950 and 1998, amongst 15-24 year olds, suicide rates doubled in young men and remained stable in young women.w6 w7

     

     

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    Inpatient and daycase bed use by adolescents 12-19 years in the UK, 1999



    From RM Viner.National survey of use of hospital beds by adolescents aged 12 to 19 in the United Kingdom. BMJ, Apr 2001; 322: 957 – 958. NB. This graph has been corrected from that published, which inverted inpatient and day case data. Data does not include obstetric or mental health bed use.

     

     


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