1 / 12

Ready by 21 Taskforce

Ready by 21 Taskforce. Teen Health. Percent of teens with health risk behaviors, 2009. Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Health: Teen Pregnancy. Percent of live births per 1,000 teens (15-19).

kelly-mccarty
Download Presentation

Ready by 21 Taskforce

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ready by 21 Taskforce

  2. Teen Health Percent of teens with health risk behaviors, 2009 Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  3. Health: Teen Pregnancy Percent of live births per 1,000 teens (15-19) Live Birth Rates Per 1000 Age 15-19 2000-2008 Source: Maryland Vital Statistics Report, DHMH 3

  4. Health: Teen Pregnancy Percent of all births that are to teens Source: Maryland Vital Statistics Report, DHMH

  5. Health: Youth Substance Abuse Harford County seniors report using cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, narcotics and Ecstasy at rates higher that the state. • 52% of seniors reported consuming alcohol within the past 30 days • 27% of seniors reported using marijuana • 26% of seniors reported using cigarettes Source: Maryland Adolescent Survey, 2007

  6. Health: Youth Substance Abuse Percent of high school seniors that report use in the past 30 days Source: Maryland Adolescent Survey, 2007 6

  7. Health: Youth Substance Abuse Number of juvenile drug and alcohol violations by zip code area, 2009 Source: Harford County Department of Juvenile Services

  8. Health: Youth Substance Abuse Percent of youth population that has had a Juvenile Drug/Alcohol Arrest, 2009 Sources: Harford County Department of Juvenile Services, U.S. Census, Claritas 8

  9. Health: Youth Substance Abuse • Estimated 15,000 Harford County residents with active substance abuse problem • Approximately 2,000 residents receive treatment annually for substance abuse problems • Approximately 13,000 residents need substance abuse treatment • 74% of all the deaths of Harford County residents over the past 3 years related to Drugs and Alcohol involved prescription drugs • Prescription Take-Back Days in September and November collected 1,900 pounds of old and unused medicines Sources: Harford County Office of Drug Control Policy, State of Maryland Medical Examiner’s Office

  10. Health: Mental Health Consumers Youth birth to 17 served by the mental health system in 2009 • 1,882 children were served by the public mental health system in Harford County. • 135 new child & adolescents clients served • Children & adolescents made up 45% of all consumers • Among Harford County’s youth: • 81% required outpatient services • 11% psychiatric rehabilitation programs • 5% inpatient services • 1% residential treatments • 1% hospitalization Source: Harford County Office on Mental Health Core Service Agency, 2009

  11. Health: Mental Health Consumers Youth birth to 17 served by the public mental health system in 2009 Source: Harford County Office on Mental Health Core Service Agency, 2009

  12. Health: Mental Health Consumers Youth served by the public mental health system Source: Harford County Office on Mental Health Core Service Agency, 2009 12

More Related