Archive February 2008
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Department of Public Health Medicine and Nursing
Eastern Health and Social Services Board
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Belfast
BT2 8BS

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In Northern Ireland every year, over 70 people die in home accidents and almost 70,000 visit their local Accident and Emergency departments seeking help.
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Health experts have warned that, if current trends continued, at least a third of adults in Britain would be obese by 2020 - at the moment the figure stands at one in five.
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The Young People’s Behaviour and Attitudes Survey (2000) showed that of children aged 11-16:
- 27% of pupils had no sexual experience
- 36% had a small amount e.g. kissing
- 26% had some experience, but no sexual intercourse
- 11% reported they had experiences including sexual intercourse, with majority being 14 at first sexual intercourse.
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