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Originally posted by intrepid
I'm BH's age and we had plenty of drugs back then.
Hell we even grew up with lead based paints, asbestos, chemicals galore.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Good point. One of my brothers even had lead poisoning from paint and survived. We are a hearty bunch! Our kids, not so much...
Originally posted by schuyler
The correct way to examine this would be to look at mortality rates per age group over time. Here's an example: Mortality by Age As you can see from the graph, the mortality rate for younger age groups is not particularly high.
Life continues to hold considerable risk for adolescents in the United States. In 2006, the teen death rate stood at 64 deaths per 100,000 teens (13,739 teens) (KIDS COUNT Data Center, 2009). Although it has declined by 4 percent since 2000, the rate of teen death in our country remains substantially higher than in many peer nations, based largely on higher rates for the three most prevalent causes of death among adolescents and young adults: motor vehicle accidents, homicide and suicide (Institute of Medicine, 2008). A range of risky behaviors contribute to teens’ risk of injury and disease, including alcohol and drug use and risky sexual behaviors.