Critical Illness Insurance Living Benefits Center
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Health and Medicine by the Numbers
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Leading Causes of Death
For the year 1995
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CAUSE
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DEATHS
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Heart Disease
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739,000
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Cancer
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538,000
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Stroke |
158,000 |
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Lung Disorders
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105,000
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Accidents
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90,000
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Pneumonia & Flu
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84,000
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Diabetes
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59,000
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AIDS
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43,000
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Suicide
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31,000
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Liver Disease
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25,000
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Leading causes of deaths by race and gender
in the 45-to-64 age group |
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White Female
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Cancer = 51,810
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Heart disease = 22,630
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Lung disorders = 5,350
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White Male
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Heart disease = 60,030
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Cancer = 58,950
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Accidents = 8,648
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Black Female
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Cancer = 8,510
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Heart disease = 7,110
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Stroke = 1,730
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Black Male
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Heart disease = 11,180
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Cancer = 10,800
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AIDS = 2,930
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Note: Preliminary data |
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Source: National Center for
Health Statistics
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Heart Disease - Average risk of contracting heart
disease |
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AGE
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FEMALE
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MALE
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30-34
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1%
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3%
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35-39
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1%
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5%
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40-44
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2%
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6%
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45-49
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5%
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10%
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50-54
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8%
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14%
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55-59
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12%
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16%
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60-64
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13%
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21%
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Source: American Heart Association |
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Cancer - Average chances of contracting cancer |
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Birth to death
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Male
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1 in 2
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Female
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1 in 3
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Birth to age 39
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Male
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1 in 58
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Female
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1 in 51
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Ages 40 to 59
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Male
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1 in 13
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Female
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1 in 11
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Ages 60 to 79
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Male
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1 in 3
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Female
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1 in 4
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Average chances of contacting
breast or prostate cancer
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Breast Cancer
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Birth to death
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1 in 8
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Birth to age 39
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1 in 213
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Ages 40 to 59
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1 in 26
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Ages 60 to 79
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1 in 14
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Prostate Cancer
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Birth to death
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1 in 5
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Birth to age 39
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1 in 10,000
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Ages 40 to 59
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1 in 78
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Ages 60 to 70
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1 in 6
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Source: American Cancer Society Diabetes |
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Average chances of contracting diabetes: |
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Ultimate chance
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1 in 5
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Anglos:
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Ages 20 to 44
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1 in 62
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Ages 45 to 74
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1 in 8
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Blacks:
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Ages 25 to 44
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1 in 25
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Ages 45 to 54
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1 in 14
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Ages 55 to 64
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1 in 4
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Ages 65 to 74
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1 in 7
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Mexican-Americans
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Ages 20 to 44
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1 in 26
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Ages 45 to 74
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1 in 3.5
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Source: American Diabetes Association
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Stroke - Average risk of a stroke over the next 10 years |
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Present Age
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Female
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Male
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55 to 59
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5.9%
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60 to 64
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4.7%
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7.8%
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65 to 69
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7.2%
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11.0%
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70 to 74
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10.9%
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13.7%
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Mental Disorders
- The most common mental disorders based on data from the 1990 census
- Anxiety Disorders................23.3 million [Includes phobias (20.1
million), panic
disorders (2.4 million) & obsessive-compulsive disorders(3.9 million)] - Depression...............17.5 million [Includes manic depressions (2.2 million)
- Antisocial personality disorder..............2.8 million
- Schizophrenia................................2.0 million
- Severe Cognitive Impairment..................5.0 million
Source: American Psychiatric Association