According to a report issued by US Bureau of Labor Statistics in the year 2015, roughly 2.9 million non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported
Every year, the average number of car accidents in the United States is 6 million. Over 90 people across the nation die in a car
In the past two decades, the number of people in the United States getting pacemaker implants has increased significantly. There are 225,567 people with internal cardiac pacemakers, making it the country with the highest number of patients with this implant. A study found that between 1993 and 2009, there were close to 3 million people in the U.S. who had a pacemaker implanted.
A recent study published by JAMA Internal Medicine sheds some light into how the gender of a doctor may play a role in the quality of health care for patients in New York and across the U.S. The information suggests that patients treated by female physicians have a greater chance of living after being discharged from a hospital. Additionally, the study revealed that patient deaths are higher when they are treated by male doctors.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, over 5 million people in the United States are affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Although it is commonly known to affect people aged 65 and older, up to 5% of those diagnosed have early onset Alzheimer’s.
