Jun 30, 2025 · To grow and develop in good health, adolescents need information, including age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education; opportunities to develop life skills; health …

Oct 10, 2024 · Adolescent health WHO defines 'Adolescents' as individuals in the 10-19 years age group and 'Youth' as the 15-24 year age group. While 'Young People' covers the age …

Oct 1, 2025 · The environments that people live in as children – or even as developing fetuses – combined with their personal characteristics, have long-term effects on how they age. Physical …

Age that divides the population in two parts of equal size, that is, there are as many persons with ages above the median as there are with ages below the median.

De facto population of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in a country, area or region as of 1 July of the year indicated. Figures are presented in thousands.

The term “old age” had replaced “senility” in the label of this ICD category that had been in place for 50 years, because “senility” had gotten a negative connotation over time.

Feb 21, 2025 · Addressing ageism requires a fundamental shift in societal attitudes, feelings and behaviours towards ageing and older persons. Age-friendly environments empower older …

Total fertility rate is directly calculated as the sum of age-specific fertility rates (usually referring to women aged 15 to 49 years), or five times the sum if data are given in five-year age groups. …

Nov 26, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on adolescents health risks and solutions: includes key facts and provides a definition, information on specific health issues, WHO response.

Infant mortality rate is strictly speaking not a rate (i.e. the number of deaths divided by the number of population at risk during a certain period of time) but a probability of death derived from a …