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The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that some 10% of the Swiss population have asthma as of 2007, compared with 2% some 25–30 years ago. [11] In the United States the age-adjusted prevalence of asthma increased from 7.3 to 8.2 percent during the years 2001 through 2009.
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 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 ...
The CDC estimates that there have been at least 3.1 million illnesses, 37,000 hospitalizations and 1,500 deaths from flu so far this season; these figures are based on the latest date for which ...
There have been more than 32,000 cases reported so far this year, according to preliminary data from mid-December — about six times more than there were at this time last year and more than ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 1 in 11 children and 1 in 12 adults have asthma in the United States of America. [1] According to the World Health Organization, asthma affects 235 million people worldwide. [2] There are two major categories of asthma: allergic and non-allergic.
The Americans rebounded to finish 2023 at No. 2, but fell to fourth in the March rankings after their first-ever loss on home soil to Mexico. When the June rankings came out, the USWNT had dropped ...
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]