| Dental
Statistics |
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"Costs of dental health
care account for approximately 30% of family out
of pocket expenditures for children's health care."
- "Children's Oral Health: Context and Background
from Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon
General, 5/01
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"An estimated 75% of Americans
reportedly have some form of periodontal disease."
- The American Dental Hygienists' Association
- 4/02
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"Over 108 million people
lack dental insurance, which is over 2.5 times the
number who lack medical insurance."
- Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon
General, 5/01 |
Vision Statistics |
"Some 401,800 Americans
underwent refractive surgery from April to June
of 2001."
- LASIK News, 8/01
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"18 million people are expected
to get LASIK done in 2001."
- Men's Health "Seeing the Light," 6/01
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"Ninety-two percent of persons
70 years of age and older wear glasses."
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
"Trends in Vision and Hearing Among Older Americans,"
3/01
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"54% of Americans require
corrective lenses."
- Hankin Investment Banking Industry Overview,
2000
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"One out of every four children
from ages five to 12 has a vision problem that could
affect their educational performance."
- Managed Healthcare "Vision screening for children"
7/99
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"An estimated 155 million
Americans, or 60% of the US population need corrective
eyewear. In the coming years, an estimated 76 million
baby boomers will be subjected to middle-age eye
problems such as presbyopia, or far-sightedness."
- Business Insurance "Employers focus anew on
vision care benefits" 8/31/98 |
Hearing Statistics |
"Hearing loss is the number
one disability, as well as the most preventable
disability, in the world."
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
- 4/02
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"25 million people need hearing
aids; 5 million people own hearing aids."
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
- 4/02
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"15 of every 1000 people
under age 18 have a hearing loss; nearly 90% of
people over age 80 have a hearing loss."
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
- 4/02
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"Of the 27 million Americans
who are hearing impaired, only 20% actually seek
treatment."
- Beltone 2001 |
Cosmetic Surgery Statistics |
"There has been a 166% increase
in breast reconstruction surgery since 1992. Access
to breast reconstruction following a mastectomy
increased due in part to the Woman's Health and
Cancer Rights Act of 1998."
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2001
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"More than 7.4 million people
had cosmetic plastic surgery in 2000. Nose reshaping
was the most common with more than 389,000 procedures."
- USA Today, 2001
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"No wonder plastic surgery
is so big -- with an estimated 4.9 million cosmetic
procedures done last year, according to the American
Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, up more than 800% since
1990."
- Time Cosmetic Surgery Light Makes Right 10/11/99
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Prescriptions Statistics |
"From 1981 to 1999, the cost
of prescription drugs increased by 306 percent,
while the Consumer Price Index rose only 99 percent…"
- Rep. Allen (D-ME); Congressional Record "Senior
Citizens are Most Affected by High Cost of Prescription
Medications" statement 9/99
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"Eighty-seven percent of
Americans say they would choose a generic drug over
a brand-name drug because it would cost them less,
and a surprisingly high 80 percent cite 'cutting
down on overall healthcare costs to society' as
a reason they would favor a generic over its brand-name
counterpart."
- Merck-Medco Managed Care Report 9/28/98
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"One in four working-age
Americans either did not get a prescription, take
a recommended test or treatment or follow through
on a doctor visits last year because they could
not afford it."
- Dallas Morning News "Many in US skipping health
care, study finds" 9/2/99
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"Seniors buy 33% of all prescription
drugs. On average, seniors pay twice as much for
their prescriptions medications as the drug companies'
favored customers. In fact, 37% of all seniors have
no prescription coverage at all for their prescription
drugs"
- Rep. Allen (D-ME) |
Massage Therapy Statistics |
| With health care costs sitting
at $1.1 trillion annually, cost related to worker
stress come to approximately $86.9 billion a year. |
