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Healthcare Purchasing News
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July 1, 2008
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41 MILLION of the projected 64 million people who will die in 2015, will die of a chronic disease.
388 MILLION people will die in the next 10 years of chronic disease.
60% of all deaths are due to chronic diseases. Chronic diseases include heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes.
80% of chronic disease deaths occur in low and middle income countries and these deaths occur in equal numbers among men and women.
20% of chronic disease deaths occur in high income countries--while ...