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Disease Stats
Disease Stats
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Diabetes #1 problem worldwide - World Health Organization,
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Age-Standardized Prevalence of Cardiovascular
Disease Conditions per 100 Persons with Diabetes
Aged 35 Years and Older, United States, 1997-2000
| Year | Coronary Heart Disease | Stroke | Other Heart Condition |
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| 1997 | 22.3 | 8.1 | |
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| 1998 | 22.3 | 7.7 | 18.4 |
| 1999 | 21.6 | 8.0 | 16.6 |
| 2000 | 22.1 | 8.0 | 16.3 |
Obesity and overweight affect over 60 percent of Americans and is on the rise worldwide. The cost is to the economy overwhelming.
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Cost of overweight and obesity
:Total cost: $99.2 billion
Direct cost: $51.6 billion
(5.7 percent of the U.S. health expenditure)
Indirect cost: $47.6 billion
(comparable to the economic costs of cigarette smoking)
Cost of heart disease related to overweight and obesity:
Direct cost related to overweight and obesity: $6.99 billion
(17 percent of the $40.4 billion total direct cost of heart disease, independent of stroke)
Cost of type 2 diabetes related to overweight and obesity:
Total cost related to overweight and obesity: $63.14 billion
(more than 60 percent of the total cost of type 2 diabetes)
Cost of osteoarthritis related to overweight and obesity:
Total cost related to overweight and obesity: $17.2 billion
Cost of hypertension (high blood pressure) related to overweight and obesity:
Direct cost related to overweight and obesity: $3.23 billion (17 percent of the total cost of hypertension)
Americans spend $33 billion annually on weight-loss products and services.20 (This figure represents consumer dollars spent in the early 1990s on all efforts at weight loss or weight maintenance including low-calorie foods, artificially sweetened products such as diet sodas, and memberships to commercial weight-loss centers.)
Probability of Developing Invasive Cancers Over Selected Age Intervals,
by Sex, US, 1998-2000*
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Birth to 39 (%) |
40 to 59 (%) |
60 to 79 (%) |
Birth to Death (%) |
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All Sites† |
Male 1.36 (1 in 73) |
8.03 (1 in 12) |
33.92 (1 in 3) |
44.77 (1 in 2) |
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Female 1.92 (1 in 52 |
9.01 (1 in 11) |
22.61 (1 in 4) |
38.03 (1 in 3) |
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Breast |
Female .44 (1 in 229) |
4.14 (1 in 24) |
7.53 (1 in 13) |
13.36 (1 in 7) |
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Prostate |
Male .01 (1 in 12833) |
2.28 (1 in 44) |
14.20 (1 in 7) |
17.15 (1 in 6) |
Source:
DEVCAN: Probability of Developing or Dying of Cancer Software, Version 5.1. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National CancerInstitute, 2003. http://srab.cancer.gov/devcan
American Cancer Society, Surveillance Research, 2004
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