FIGURE 11.1 Send Them Home Accidents, homicides, and suicides occur more frequently during emerging adulthood than later. Note that the age range of more patients falls within the six years of emerging adulthood than within the 20 years of adulthood. If all the data were reported by six-year groups, the chart would be much starker. Fewer young adults stay in the hospital, however. They are usually stitched, bandaged, injected, and sent home.