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Between 2014-15 and 2019-20 more than 5,100 women in the United Kingdom died from an asthma attack compared with fewer than 2,300 men. Based on emergency hospital admissions in England, among all admissions 20 to 49 years old, women were 2.5 times more likely to be admitted to hospital for asthma treatment compared with men.
Global rates of asthma have increased significantly between the 1960s and 2008 [18] [288] with it being recognized as a major public health problem since the 1970s. [20] Rates of asthma have plateaued in the developed world since the mid-1990s with recent increases primarily in the developing world. [289]
In 2019, approximately 290,000 people died from the disease, mostly from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer). [25] There have been many hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics in history. [26] [27] [28]
In 2010, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 52.8 million people died. [2] In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million ...
Nearly one in four older adults in the U.S. spent at least $2,000 in out-of-pocket expenses last year, compared to less than 5% of older adults in France and the Netherlands who spent that much ...
Births have declined for three consecutive years, and are now 7% below the peak in 2007. [97] This drop has continued through 2010, according to data released by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics in June 2011. [97] Numerous experts have suggested that this decline is largely a reflection of unfavorable economic conditions. [98]
Like Jasmine in Aladdin — many Americans want to see a whole new world. Which makes sense, considering more than half have been to 10 U.S. states.
They may have a lower immune systems due to malnutrition, and they are more likely to have chronic disease like asthma. [120] Child poverty more than doubled from 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% in 2022 largely as the result of pandemic aid running out, in particular the expansion of the child tax credit. [121]