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​​​​​* 1,500 of us die from cancer every day.

* 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

* 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will have cancer in his or her lifetime.

                                                                   (National Cancer Institute)
                          

* 23% of our population has hypertension.

* Americans spend $330 billion per year on heart disease.

* Heart disease kills more women than breast cancer.

* 1.1 million Americans have a heart attack each year.

* 500,000 million heart attack victims die each year.

* 80 million people have some form of heart disease.

                                                             (American Heart Association)

* 64% of US adults are overweight. 

                                                (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

* Diabetes will increase by 165% over the next 50 years,

  with 29 million Americans diagnosed.

* Over 20 million children and adults have diabetes. 

                                                             (American Diabetes Association)

* Our national health care expenditures were 2 trillion dollars

   in 2005 or $6,700 per person. 

                                                           (National Coalition on Health Care)