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| 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." |
| "An estimated 75% of Americans
reportedly have some form of periodontal disease." - The American Dental Hygienists' Association - 4/02 |
| "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 |
| "18 million people are expected
to get LASIK done in 2001." - Men's Health "Seeing the Light," 6/01 |
| "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 |
| "54% of Americans require corrective
lenses." - Hankin Investment Banking Industry Overview, 2000 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "25 million people need hearing
aids; 5 million people own hearing aids." - Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. - 4/02 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
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 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "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. |
