Medical Statistics
1. More than 910,000 Americans still die of heart disease annually, according to the American Heart Association. And more than 70 million Americans live every day with some form of heart disease, which can include high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, angina (chest pain), heart attack and congenital heart defects.
2. In America alone over 400 people die every year from an allergic reaction to penicillin. (1)
3. As many as 40 people in the United States die each year as a result of allergic reactions. (2)
4. The World Health Organization projects that the number of diabetics will exceed 350 million by 2030
5. Asthma accounts for one-quarter of all emergency room visits in the U.S. each year, with 2 million emergency room visits **
6. From 2001–2003, an average of 4,210 deaths were associated with asthma annually (3)
7. Each day 11 Americans die from asthma. There are more than 4,000 deaths due to asthma each year, many of which are avoidable with proper treatment and care. In addition, asthma is indicated as “contributing factor” for nearly 7,000 other deaths each year (4)
8. Diabetes killed 75,119 people in the United States in 2005. (5)
9. Each year about 700,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke in the United States. (5)
10. More than 200 deaths occur each year due to food allergies. (4)
11. Each year nearly 100 Americans die due to insect allergies (4)
12. 10 deaths each year are due to severe reactions to latex allergy. (4)
(1) http://www.aaaai.org/media/resources/media_kit/allergy_statistics.stm
(2) “New Asthma Estimates: Tracking Prevalence, Health Care and Mortality,” NCHS, CDC, 2001
(3) http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsAsthma/
(4) http://www.aafa.org/
(5) http://www.americanheart.org