International comparisons of health and wellbeing in adolescence and early adulthood

International comparisons of health and wellbeing in adolescence and early adulthood Young people aged 10–24 make up approximately a fifth of the population of most high-income countries and there are strong health and economic arguments for improving their health outcomes. This report summarises how 17 key indicators of the health and wellbeing of young people aged 10–24 vary in a selection of 19 similar high-income countries both within and outside of Europe. Nuffield Trust and Association for Young People's Health

See also:

• Sound the alarm: we must improve our young people’s health services Nuffield Trust
• Asthma: Young people in the UK 'more likely to die' BBC News
• British teenagers have the highest rate of obesity in Europe, major study finds The Daily Mail
• Revealed: asthma’s deadly toll on young people in the UK The Guardian
• UK government letting down young people by failing to tackle health inequalities, report warns The Independent