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| Dental
Statistics 
"Costs of dental health care account for approximately
30% of family out of pocket expenditures for children's health
care." "Over 108 million people lack dental insurance, which is
over 2.5 times the number who lack medical insurance."
"Some 401,800 Americans underwent refractive surgery from
April to June of 2001." "18 million people are expected to get LASIK done in 2001." "Ninety-two percent of persons 70 years of age and older
wear glasses." "54% of Americans require corrective lenses." "One out of every four children from ages five to 12 has
a vision problem that could affect their educational performance." "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."
"25 million people need hearing aids; 5 million people
own hearing aids." "15 of every 1000 people under age 18 have a hearing loss;
nearly 90% of people over age 80 have a hearing loss." "Of the 27 million Americans who are hearing impaired,
only 20% actually seek treatment."
"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." "More than 7.4 million people had cosmetic plastic surgery
in 2000. Nose reshaping was the most common with more than 389,000
procedures." "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."
"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." "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." "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"
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. |
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