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5 Physical Health
Pages 45-48

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... Physical health encompasses a wide range of issues, and is impacted by emotional health, a person's developmental stage, community health, and health promotion and prevention. Many of these issues pose special challenges to young adults.
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... , United States 12-17 18-25 Rank Cause of Death Cause of Death  1 Unintentional 11.9 Unintentional 39.1 injuries injuries  2 Homicide 4 Homicide 14.5  3 Suicide 3.8 Suicide 12  4 Malignant 2.7 Malignant 4.4 neoplasms neoplasms  5 Heart disease 1.1 Heart disease 3.2  6 Congenital 0.9 Congenital 1.1 anomalies anomalies  7 Cerebrovascular 0.3 Diabetes mellitus 0.6  8 Chronic lower 0.3 HIV 0.6 respiratory disease  9 Influenza and 0.3 Influenza and 0.6 pneumonia pneumonia 10 Benign neoplasms 0.2 Cerebrovascular 0.5 NOTE: This table was created using data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Causes of Death 1999-2008, on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2011.
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... . The National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute published recommendations that apply to adolescent young adults diagnosed with cancer, including identifying unique characteristics among this age group, improving awareness and prevention, ensuring excellence in service delivery, and supporting the patients (NCI, 2012)
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