Interesting Facts: Chronic disease

According to National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week....

• Nearly one in two people in the U.S have a chronic condition
• By 2020 nearly 157 million Americans will be affected with a chronic illness
• Sixty percent of chronically ill patients are between the ages of 18 and 64
• 90% of seniors have at least one chronic disease and 77% have two or more chronic diseases
• Various studies have reported that physical illness or uncontrollable physical pain are major factors in up to 70% of suicides
• and more than 50% of these suicidal patients were under 35 years of age
• Four in five health care dollars (78%) are spent on behalf of people with chronic conditions
• Cancer kills 29% of the population every year