Here’s 6 awful stats for your consideration:
1. 2.24 million people were injured in auto accidents in 2010.
2. 32,885 people died in auto accidents in 2010.
3. Half of all men will develop invasive cancer during their lives.
4. Heart disease is the number one killer of men in the USA.
5. 38% of all women will develop invasive cancer during their lives.
6. Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the USA.
Then there’s this:
Top 10 Killers of Men:
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Unintentional Injuries
- Stroke
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (LungDiseases)
- Diabetes
- Influenza and Pneumonia
- Suicide
- Kidney Disease
- Alzheimer’s Disease
http://www.idph.state.il.us/menshealth/healththreats.htm
Top 10 Killers of Women:
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases
- Alzheimer's disease
- Unintentional injuries
- Diabetes
- Influenza and pneumonia
- Kidney disease
- Septicemia
http://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2008/index.htm
Gee, it appears that we are not likely to die simply from old age. Add to the above horror stories the fact that millions of other Americans will have decreased quality of life or outright disability due to illnesses and accidents, and you have to ask yourself two questions:
1. What kind of person would chose to go without health insurance?
2. What kind of political party would fight against Americans having full health insurance?
We’ll discuss these uniquely American perplexing questions in an upcoming posting.
