Adolescents' health and health behaviour as predictors of injury death. A prospective cohort follow-up of 652,530 person-years

Abstract

Background: Injuries represent an important cause of mortality among young adults. Longitudinal studies on risk factors are scarce. We studied associations between adolescents' perceived health and health behaviour and injury death.

Living Arrangements and External Causes of Deaths in Early Adulthood

“…Earlier studies from Finland and elsewhere have shown recurring drunkenness in adolescence to be associated with injury mortality and morbidity [25,34]. Additional analyses (results not shown here) showed that around one-third of all deaths in this study had alcohol intoxication as a contributing cause of death.…”

“…In Finland, external causes account for more than 70% of total mortality among 15-29-year-olds [22]. Furthermore, previous research has shown both external mortality and living arrangements to be associated with health compromising behaviors such as excessive alcohol consumption [23][24][25].…”

Risky driving and recorded driving offences: A 24-year follow-up study

“…Recent prospective cohort studies also increasingly confirm that child and adolescent temperament, behavior, and risk factors predict injuries and injury mortality in adult age (e.g. Pulkkinen, 1995;Mattila et al, 2008;Stenbacka et al, 2011).…”

Fatal injuries in rural and urban areas in northern Finland: a 5‐year retrospective study

“…These include; the spectrum of injuries that occur, delayed accident reporting, and lengthier response and transportation times for emergency medical services (EMS) 5, 6. A depressed socioeconomic status, compounded with elevated risk behaviours, may also contribute to rural mortality rates 7, 8. In particular, alcohol use has been shown to increase the risk of injury and death,9 although the precise contributory factors are poorly defined.…”