The rising cost of healthcare is constantly the subject of many discussions. Here are some of the healthcare economic pressures that both companies and individuals are facing today.

1. HEALTHCARE
FACTOIDS
Healthcare economic
pressures
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2. TWO MILLION
Two million people died of
AIDS-related illnesses
worldwide in 2008.
www.alertnet.org
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3. $604 BILLION
The global price for treating
Alzheimer’s and other
dementias was an estimated
$604 billion in 2010.
www.who.int
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4. 246 MILLION
The International Diabetes
Federation estimates that there
are 246 million adults with
diabetes.
www.worldhealthsciences.com
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5. 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.uk
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6. 800,000
On average about 800,000
people commit suicide every
year, 86% of them in low- and
middle-income countries.
www.who.int
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7. Someone in the world is newly
infected with TB bacilli every
second
www.who.int
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8. $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.com
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9. PAN PAN PAN
Britain’s 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.
www.upi.com
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10. This report was part of Business Strategy Review,
Volume 22 Issue 4 - 2010
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