Healthcare statistics – London Business School BSR

TWO MILLION Two million people died of AIDS-related illnesses worldwide in 2008. www.alertnet.orgBUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 1

$604 BILLION The global price for treating Alzheimer’s and other dementias was an estimated $604 billion in 2010. www.who.intBUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 2

246 MILLION The International Diabetes Federation estimates that there are 246 million adults with diabetes. www.worldhealthsciences.comBUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 3

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. www.ic.nhs.ukBUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 4

800,000 On average about 800,000 people commit suicide every year, 86% of them in low- and middle-income countries. www.who.intBUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 5

Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second www.who.intBUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 6

$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. www.dancewithshadows.comBUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 7

PAN PAN PAN Britain’s 2009 swine flu outbreakkilled 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. www.upi.com BUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 8

This report was part of Business Strategy Review,Volume 22 Issue 4 - 2010Visit the website www.london.edu/bsr BUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW 9

Healthcare statistics – London Business School BSR

by London Business School on May 22, 2012

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