HEALTH RISKS
HIV /AIDS
[NCHS,
Health, United States, 2010]
Number of new AIDS cases in the U.S. (2008):
37,151
Number of deaths from AIDS in the U.S. (2008):
11,295
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Smoking
Percent of adults age 18 years and over who currently smoke:
21%
Percent of high school students who smoked in the past month:
19.5%
Estimated number of smoking related deaths each year in the U.S.:
443,000
Annual health care costs for diseases caused by smoking:
$96 billion
Secondhand Smoke
Number of lung cancer deaths each year in the U.S. from secondhand smoke:
3,400
Number of heart attacks in the U.S. each year from secondhand smoke:
46,000
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
Number of new syphilis cases in the United States (2008):
46,277
Number of new chlamydia cases in the United States (2008):
1,210,523
Number of new gonnorhea cases in the United States (2008):
336,742
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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