are ▁system ▁does ▁not ▁specifically ▁target ▁youth . ▁Child ▁recip ients ▁of ▁the ▁child ▁support ▁gr ants ▁remain ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁receive ▁money ▁until ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁eigh teen ; ▁however , ▁youth ▁aged ▁ 1 8 – 3 4 ▁years ▁old ▁can ▁only ▁benefit ▁directly ▁from ▁dis ability ▁gr ants . ▁ ▁Health ▁ ▁While ▁young ▁people ▁generally ▁compr ise ▁the ▁health iest ▁section ▁of ▁society , ▁youth ▁face ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁health ▁ris ks ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁Al co hol ▁consumption ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁rise ▁among ▁youth , ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁strong ▁links ▁between ▁alco hol ▁consumption ▁and ▁ris ky ▁sexual ▁behavior ▁among ▁ad oles c ents . ▁Su ic ide ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁major ▁public ▁health ▁concern ▁for ▁youth ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁No ▁recent ▁population - wide , ▁compreh ensive , ▁reliable ▁data ▁is ▁available ▁on ▁suic ide ▁attempts ▁and ▁death s ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁However , ▁it ▁is ▁estimated ▁that ▁Black ▁young ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁have ▁proportion ally ▁higher ▁suic ides ▁and ▁higher ▁rates ▁than ▁their ▁older ▁counter parts . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁South ▁Africa ▁recorded ▁ 2 5 ▁death s ▁per ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁ad oles c ents ▁due ▁to ▁suic ide ; ▁this ▁is ▁higher ▁than ▁the ▁international ▁average ▁of ▁ 2 3 ▁per ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁Non - f atal ▁suic idal ▁behavior ▁tends ▁to ▁peak ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁de cade ▁of ▁life ▁for