Stroke
Stroke is the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer. View fact here
http://www.stroke.org.uk/information/did_you_know.html
A total of 110,000 people a year will have a stroke and 50,000 will die. View fact here
http://www.stroke.org.uk/information/did_you_know.html
Stroke is the single most common cause of severe disability. View fact here
http://www.stroke.org.uk/information/did_you_know.html
More than 250,000 people live with disabilities caused by stroke. View fact here
http://www.stroke.org.uk/information/did_you_know.html
Stroke is the third leading killer, resulting in the following results annually: View facts here
Every 3.5 minutes in the UK, someone has a stroke
Huge economic impact with costs of £7.2 billion per year
http://www.stroke.org.uk/information/did_you_know.html
Atrial fibrillation
Peripheral arterial disease
Heart disease
Heart disease, by itself, is the UK’s biggest killer and the most common cause of premature death in the UK (death before the age of 75). Around 2.5 million people are living with heart disease in the UK. One in five men and one in seven women die from heart disease, that’s around 94,000 deaths in the UK each year. View fact here
http://www.bhf.org.uk/news_and_campaigning
/press_office/media_toolkit/heart_disease
stats/heart_facts.aspx
Diabetes
There are currently over 2.5 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are more than half a million people who have the condition and don’t know it. View fact here
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Introduction-to-diabetes/What_is_diabetes/
Recently, more children are being diagnosed with the condition, some as young as seven. View fact here
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Introduction-to-diabetes/What_is_diabetes/
Over 80% of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes are overweight. View fact here
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Introduction-to-diabetes/Causes_and_Risk_Factors/
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in people of working age in the UK. View fact here
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Introduction-to-diabetes/Myths/
Osteoporosis
In the UK, one in two women and one in five men
over the age of 50 will break a bone mainly because
of poor bone health. View fact here
http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=328&srcid=312
Almost three million people in the UK are estimated
to have osteoporosis. View fact here
http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=328&srcid=312
There are about 230,000 osteoporotic fractures
every year. View fact here
http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=328&srcid=312
Over 60,000 hip, 50,000 wrist and 120,000 vertebral
fractures occur each year in the UK. View fact here
http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=47
1,150 people are dying every month in the UK as a
result of hip fractures. View fact here
http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=328&srcid=312
The lifetime risk of fracture in women at age 50 years
is greater than the risk of breast cancer or
cardiovascular disease. View fact here
http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=328&srcid=312
UK Sites
The Stroke Association
National Osteoporosis Society
British Heart Foundation
USA Sites
National Stroke Association
American Stroke Association
American Heart Association
American Diabetes Association
National Osteoporosis Foundation
NIH Osteoporosis & Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
WELCOA-The Wellness Councils of America
