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Chronic diseases constitute a major cause of mortality, and the World Health Organization (WHO) attributes 38 million deaths a year to non-communicable diseases. [5] In the United States approximately 40% of adults have at least two chronic conditions. [6] [7] Having more than one chronic condition is referred to as multimorbidity. [8]
The home front was subject to dynamic social changes throughout the war, though domestic issues were no longer Roosevelt's most urgent policy concern. The military buildup spurred economic growth. Unemployment fell from 7.7 million in spring 1940 to 3.4 million in fall 1941 and to 1.5 million in fall 1942, out of a labor force of 54 million.
The principal causes of death in Russia are cardiovascular diseases. [76] Obesity is a prevalent health issue in Russia; 61.1% of Russian adults were overweight or obese in 2016. [ 77 ] However, Russia's historically high alcohol consumption rate is the biggest health issue in the country, [ 78 ] [ 79 ] as it remains one of the world's highest ...
With a population of about 129 million in 2022, [6] Mexico is the 10th most populated country in the world.It is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world and the third-most populous country in the Americas after the United States and Brazil, [7] the most populous city in the country is the capital, Mexico City, with a population of 9.2 million and its metropolitan area is also the ...
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [9]
In 2019, China overtook the U.S. as the home to the highest number of people who have a net personal wealth of at least $110,000, according to the global wealth report by Credit Suisse. [ 318 ] [ 319 ] China had 85 female billionaires as of January 2021 [update] , two-thirds of the global total. [ 320 ]
Scientists and the sugar industry use degrees Brix (symbol °Bx), introduced by Adolf Brix, as units of measurement of the mass ratio of dissolved substance to water in a liquid. A 25 °Bx sucrose solution has 25 grams of sucrose per 100 grams of liquid; or, to put it another way, 25 grams of sucrose sugar and 75 grams of water exist in the 100 ...
According to the Department of Census and Statistics, poverty, destructive pastimes, and inability to cope with stressful situations are the main causes behind the high suicide rates. [333] On 8 July 2020, the World Health Organization declared that Sri Lanka had successfully eliminated rubella and measles ahead of their 2023 target.