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Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2021, about 4500 every day. Young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of death among all age groups.
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine defines young adulthood as including the age range 18–25 years (until the 26th birthday) and reaffirms the organization's commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of both adolescents and young adults.
The 18–24 age range—with its intrinsic developmental specificities—is undoubtedly in great need of developmentally appropriate health care, and clearly surpasses the paediatric age range. The care of young people involves collaboration between primary, paediatric, and adult care providers and not just paediatrics.
Stage 5: Adolescence (Ages 12 to 19)—Identity vs. Role Confusion. Adolescence is the stage that bridges childhood and adulthood. Teenagers embark on the transition to becoming adults,...
The many physical, sexual, cognitive, social and emotional changes that happen during this time can bring anticipation and anxiety for both children and their families. Understanding what to expect at different stages can promote healthy development throughout adolescence and into early adulthood.
adolescence, transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an adolescent as any person between ages 10 and 19. This age range falls within WHO’s definition of young people, which refers to individuals between ages 10 and 24.
For example, the data sources used in the Healthy People 2020 core indicators for adolescent and young adult health use the following age ranges for young adults: 18-24, 18-21, 22-24, 20-24, and 21-24 .
BASIC PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT. Biologically and psychologically, young adulthood is fundamentally a period of maturation and change, although the degree of change may seem less striking than the changes that occurred during childhood and adolescence.
However, different views of adolescence mean that 15-year-olds can be old enough to be married in one country but too young to leave school in another. Although many adult legal privileges start at age 18 years, the adoption of adult roles and responsibilities generally occurs later.
Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from ages 10 to 19. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health. Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth.