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American and Irish youths have highest death rate due to binge drinking, partying and violence

Medical journal’s study examined behavior of adolescents in developed, higher income countries

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CATHY HAYES,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Friday, April 27, 2012, 8:22 AM
Updated Friday, April 27, 2012, 11:09 AM

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A new study has revealed that Irish and US teens are most likely to die young. The study looked at teenage behavior in developed, higher income countries.

The results showed that the teens in these countries tend to live fast and die younger than in other countries.

According to the report, Irish and Americans aged 10-24 are more likely to die violent deaths due to their overindulgence of pot and alcohol.

This is the second Lancet, “Adolescent Health Series” [subscription], by the British medical journal. The series looks at the problems faced by the 1.8 billion young people around the world.

The series said it’s time to “put the young person, not the specific issue, center stage." 

The editors of the study said that adolescent health is still a “marginalized sub-speciality” and said it must be elevated into “mainstream global health agendas”.

Binge drinking is most prevalent in Austria and Ireland, but the US is not far behind, according to the study. This is defined by having more than five alcoholic drinks in one day.

George C. Patton, professor at the Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and Claudia Cappa, of UNICEF, in New York told Yahoo, “The drinking patterns of USA adolescents are catching up."

The study found that more girls aged 13 to 15 in the US drink excessively, in comparison to their peers anywhere else in the world.

Results showed that 17 out of every 100,000 teenage boys, between 15 and 19-years-old,  are killed by violence. Israel and Switzerland have the next highest rate.

The New York Daily News says it's: “The new mantra for a growing number of American youths: Party hard, die young and leave a good-looking corpse.”
 

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ancavker | Apr 30, 2012, 03:13 PM EDT
STEVEN: You should check, maybe your tanning bed is from America too!! You always claim to be so educated etc. and yet you seem to have great difficulty in reading these articles, including where they originated from.

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Curitiba | Apr 28, 2012, 06:50 AM EDT
I knew somebody once who lived to 108 by abstaining from drinking, smoking and women. But I had to ask the question, why would you want to live to 108 in that case?

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sirpeter | Apr 27, 2012, 11:14 PM EDT
BRENDAN.Never underestimate the power of a father or mother when it comes to your kids.The world is not cruel.The world is indifferent.I'm going to educate you for free.The bond between parent and child is never broken.Never ever ever.No matter what a parent does or fails at,it can't be broken.Anybody who thinks it can is wrong.Stick to what you think is right,but don't enforce it if they are over 15.Open your door and stop been a bollocks.You will have nothing to be concerned about then.Everybody wants their parents to love them.Be strong,be consistent,be there.And shut up.Watch what happens.It may take a while.But no matter what age if you have an open door they always come back.When they hit rock bottom.That's the point of change.Give support,Get help.And never give up.Never say to them they are not really trying.Wrong.Anyway I just threw that in because I read between the lines when you said,signed a concerned Father.Of course you could be concerned for the whole world.In which case somebody else might benefit from my vast wisdom.As Peterson said I could be a "roll model" or is that role model.Erra who cares.;))

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peterson | Apr 27, 2012, 06:40 PM EDT
What do we expect from young people who have Hollywood and other entertainment people as their "roll models" ?

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NARROWBACK | Apr 27, 2012, 05:41 PM EDT
Stevenstar did you read the article it was written in the Lancent a British medical journal it was a study not a poll. Also in the study it found that Ireland has the 2nd highest suicide rate behind Finland a subject that is nothing to laugh about

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STEVENSTAR | Apr 27, 2012, 11:02 AM EDT
IRISH AND AMERICANS ?? DID SOMEONE FROM AMERICA COME OVER TO IRELAND TO DO THIS POLL OR DID YOU GET THEM FROM ANOTHER GREAT AMERICAN PUBLICATION THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER LOL

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Bythebay | Apr 27, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
pndirishandprou, no it doesn't prove that at all. What it proves is the laws aren't being enforced.

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sirpeter | Apr 27, 2012, 10:58 AM EDT
Yaaaayyyy!! More drink!!Binge drinking!!.That's the best way to drink in my opinion.Party on youngsters.Life's a waste of time,time's a waste of life so let's all get wasted and have the time of our life.:))

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pndirishandprou | Apr 27, 2012, 10:07 AM EDT
Just another piece of evidence that the strict anti-drinking laws for youngsters (min. legal age of 21) in this country do absolutely nothing to reduce binge drinking among "under-age" consumers of alcohol. It probably makes the problem worse.

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jamieLM | Apr 27, 2012, 09:38 AM EDT
"and violent"... what? Did you mean "violence"? Not much information about who conducted this study, how many teens were in the study, and were teens studied from all 50 states in the U.S.? I agree that too many teens drink too much.

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