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As of early 2005, the number of deaths in the United Kingdom attributed to MRSA has been estimated by various sources to lie in the area of 3,000 per year. [ 113 ] In the United States, an estimated 95 million people carry S. aureus in their noses; of these, 2.5 million (2.6% of carriers) carry MRSA. [ 114 ]
According to a 2015 CDC report, C. difficile caused almost 500,000 infections in the United States per year. Associated with these infections were an estimated 15,000 deaths. The CDC estimates that C. difficile infection costs could amount to $3.8 billion over five years. [5]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated roughly 1.7 million hospital-associated infections, from all types of bacteria combined, cause or contribute to 99,000 deaths each year. [69] Other estimates indicate 10%, or 2 million, patients a year become infected, with the annual cost ranging from $4.5 billion to $11 billion. [70]
The mortality rate for this category, 31.5 deaths per 100,000 people, is “statistically significantly” higher than the five-year average of 24.6 per 100,000.
Each year, around 500,000 hospital patients in the United States contract a staphylococcal infection, chiefly by S. aureus. [8] Up to 50,000 deaths each year in the U.S. are linked to staphylococcal infection. [9]
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 deaths worldwide, as per WHO report. [4]
Overall child deaths for last year rose from 3,454 in 2021-22, 3,056 in 2020-21, and 3,414 in 2019-20, and there was a large spike in the number of deaths of children under the age of four since ...
Charley Hull made five birdies Friday for a 4-under 66 that gave her a two-shot lead and an extra day of her offseason holiday, along with a weekend date with Nelly Korda at The Annika. Hull, who ...