HEALTHCARE FACTOIDS

Healthcare economic pressures

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TWO MILLION Two million people died of AIDS-related illnesses worldwide in 2008.
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$604 BILLION The global price for treating Alzheimers and other dementias was an estimated $604 billion in 2010.
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246 MILLION The International Diabetes Federation estimates that there are 246 million adults with diabetes.
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18% In England in 2009 an estimated 81,400 deaths of adults aged 35 and over were attributable to smoking. This accounts for 18% of all deaths in this age group.
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800,000 On average about 800,000 people commit suicide every year, 86% of them in low- and middle-income countries.
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Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second

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$558 BILLION The World Health Organisation estimates that in the period 2006-2015, China will lose $558 billion in foregone national income due to heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
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PAN PAN PAN Britains 2009 swine flu outbreak killed 457 people and cost $1.8 billion. The swine flu outbreak cost Mexico $2.2 billion. The SARS outbreak of 2003 cost the global economy some $40 billion.
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This report was part of Business Strategy Review, Volume 22 Issue 4 - 2010 Visit the website www.london.edu/bsr

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