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Cost
of Health CAre
1.
For the first time, medical benefits are the most expensive benefits
paid by employers!
Chronic
Stress
2.
Causes 40% of all employee turnovers. (Bureau of National Affairs)
3.
Stressed employees are 2-times more likely to be absent more than
5-times per year. (American Journal of Health Promotion)
4.
Job pressures account for nearly 70% of all Workers’ Compensation
Claims. (California Workers Compensation Institute)
5.
Stressed employees are 30% more likely to have accidents. (Harvard
Business Review)
6.
Stressed employees tend to alienate customers. A study of 100 companies
found that a 5% reduction in customer defection translates to 30%
to 85% loss in corporate profitability. (Frederick Reichheld &
W. Earl Sasser, published in the Harvard Business Review)
7.
Costs $200 billion annually (International Survey Research Group)
8.
Up to 90% of all doctors visits are directly or indirectly caused
by chronic stress.
Excess
Weight & Obesity
9.
Costs Americans $122.9 billion annually (Obesity in America.org)
10.
65% of Americans are overweight and 33% are obese. Obesity is classified
as a serious disease. (American Medical Association)
11.
33% of cancer deaths are related to improper nutrition. (American
Cancer Society)
12.
Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the United States, while
Diabetes is 6th and obesity contributes to both of them. (Network
News - Netscape Navigator)
13.
Can cause sexual dysfunction, impotence, high blood pressure (American
Cancer Society)
14.
Can cause blindness, destruction of kidneys, amputation of limbs.
15.
Food bill is about 18% higher than a person who is trim. (American
Cancer Society)
Smoking
& Chewing Tobacco
16.
Costs Americans $157 billion annually (American Cancer Society)
17.
Kills 1/2 million people every single year. More than cocaine, heroin,
alcohol, fire, auto accidents, homicides, suicides and AIDS all combined.
18.
Tobacco products contain 4,000 chemicals, 401 poisons and 43 known
cancer-causing agents. (American Cancer Society)
19.
1 drop of Nicotine will kill average size person in a few minutes
(American Cancer Society)
20.
Smoking contributes to 10% of all infant deaths, 25% of all low birth-weight,
spontaneous abortions, birth defects, stillbirths, and premature deliveries.
21.
Smokers who smoke one pack of cigarettes per day spend $150.00 or
more per month. (That’s $1,800 per year. The cost of a nice vacation).
22.
24% of Americans smoke. The rate in industries such as transportation
is as high as 40%.
Drugs
& Alcohol
23.
Drugs cost: $175 billion annually (President’s Office of National
Drug Control Policy)
24.
Alcohol cost: $100 billion annually (National Library of Medicine)
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