Stress & More
Stress
 Workplace stress costs
the nation more than $300
billion each year in health
care, missed work and stress
reduction efforts.
Stress is responsible for 19
percent of employee
absenteeism and 40 percent
of employee turnover.
Stress is responsible for
creating 60 percent of the
cost of workplace accidents.
Research shows that 60 to 90
percent of doctor visits are
stress-related.
A landmark 20-year study
conducted by the University
of London concluded that
unmanaged reactions to
stress were a more dangerous
risk factor for cancer and
heart disease than either
cigarette smoking or high
cholesterol foods.
90 percent of all disease is
caused or complicated by
stress.
(Source:
American Institute of Stress
and Chrysalis Performance
Strategies.)
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Chronic Pain:
 80 percent of chronic
pain suffers are between the
ages of 24 and 64.
Over 75 million Americans
are totally or partially
disabled by serious pain,
and more than 50 million
suffer from chronic
nonmalignant pain.
Back pain, migraines, and
arthritis alone account for
actual medical costs of $40
billion annually.
(Source:
American Academy of Pain
Medicine and American Pain
Society.)
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Obesity:
 Obesity in the United
States has become the
greatest health crisis of
our time, affecting more
Americans than any other
condition, according to the
US Centers of Disease
Control CDC. Obesity rates
have increased by more than
60 percent among adults in
the past ten years,
affecting 60 million adults.
The direct medical costs for
diseases related to obesity
are approximately:
$98 billion per year
for Type 2 diabetes
$8.8 billion per year
for heart disease
$5.3 billion per year
for osteoarthritis
$3.2 billion per year
for gallbladder disease
$1.3 billion for colon
cancer
$1.1 billion for breast
cancer
$310 million for
endometrial cancer
(Source:
The US Centers for Disease
Control.)
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