Share this infographic on your site! 1/10,000 Americans will be murdered or commit suicide using a gun this year.
3.59/100,000 Americans murdered with gun (last year)[2]+6.3/100,000 Americans commit suicide by firearm (last year)[3]— that's 50.55% of all suicides!= 9.89/100,000Rounded to10/100,000Reduced1/10,000With your odds of being assaulted with a firearm at50.8/100,000[2]Or 1/2000
That's a massive risk to public health.Smallpox: a timelinePre-1798–Swept across continents killing 30% of infected.
60-85% of survivors have deep scars across their body and face.
1798–Inoculation with cowpox discovered as protection.1960-1980–World Health Campaign to eradicate smallpox.
Today–Doesn't occur naturally, but can be used as a biological weapon.
Untreatable: Drug-resistant illnesses23,000 deaths to drug resistant illnesses last year[4]Most in hospitals and nursing homes.
Most at risk:
Cancer ChemotherapyComplex SurgeryRheumatoid ArthritisDialysis for Renal DiseaseOrgan and Bone Marrow Transplants
Staph->MRSA30% of the population live with staph in their nose or on their skin.
Staph "colonizes" 30% of the population and lives in their nose or on their skin.–>It's passed to others through open woundsIf not completely cured morphs into drug resistant MRSA
West Nile Virus is incredibly resilientDiscovered Uganda (1937)–>Transferred to New York (1999)–>(37,000 cases)(4% fatality rate)(1999-2013)[6]Spread across entire U.S. (2013)–>How it works:Infected mosquito bites swell your brain–> And you die.
Chagas Disease is in 20-60% of mammals in US urban ecosystemsA parasite–>That kills 50,000 yearly–>In Latin America
Obesity, the silent killer35.7% of American Adults are ObeseCosting $3.91 more in medical costs per day$27.41 more a week$109.62 more a monthAnd $1,429 more a yearThan healthy weight adultsObesity has exploded in America:1991-No data states: NV,NB,KS<10% states:GA,WA,MOnt, UT, CO,NM 10-14% states:All other states 15-19% states:MI,WV,LA,MS 2010- 20-24% states:AL,CA,NV,AZ,UT,CO,MI,NY,VT,RI,NJ,DE 25-29% states:WA,OR,ID,WY,ND,SD,NM,NE,KA,IA,MI.IN,IL,OH,PA,MD,VA,NC,GA,FL >30% states: Everything else
Smoking is the single largest preventable danger to the U.S. peopleWith 443,000 people dying from second hand smoke or smoking every year[8]Or nearly 50 an hourAnd 8.6 million living with serious illnesses due to smoking(that's 1/36.5 Americans, OF ALL AGES)Good thing smoking is slowly decreasing.
[by year, number of current smokers, total–both genders][9]1965-42.5%1970-37.4%1974-37.1%1980-33.2%1985-30.1%1990-25.5%1995-24.7%2000-23.32005-20.9%2009-20.6%Total Change=-51.4%
The CDC is preparing a comprehensive plan for Climate ChangeFactors: [10]1.)Increased temperatures =Increased cardiovascular and respiratory disease
Heat= more ground level ozone=direct harm to lungs (asthma, COPD)
2.)Droughts= concentration of contaminated water/ shortage of water=food shortages
3.)Migration of pathogen bearing organisms
4.) Coastal flooding=loss of infrastructurestructural collapseinterruption of healthcareDrowningSoil Ph changes hurting agriculture
5.) CO2 concentrations in salt water =More acidic seasDestruction of fisheries
147,000 people died worldwide last year from climate, meteorological and hydrological events. It's a big deal.[11]
There are a massive range of bioterror threatsCategory A–Easily spread from person to person–Massive casualty rate–Disruption of healthcare system–Mass panic
Examples:Anthrax, Smallpox, Plague
Category B–Moderately easy to spread–Moderate morbidity, low mortality rates
Examples:Ricin, viruses, salmonella , mosquito borne illnesses
Category C–Ease of production and dissemination–If disseminated en masse cause massive mortalityExamples:Tick borne illnesses, Nipah Virus, Yellow Fever, Drug resistant tuberculosis
In complex societies, public health risks can affect us all. Take precautions, support infrastructure and education.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000309
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/pdf/ar-threats-2013-508.pdf#page=13
http://www.lung.org/finding-cures/our-research/trend-reports/Tobacco-Trend-Report.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/mental_health.htm
