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20%
Proportion of visits to eye care
professionals that are related to dry
eye complaints. (Source: American
Helpful Tips & Stats
Optometric Association)
33,300
BY SCOTT R. WEINBERGER
Number of deaths by suicide in 2006.
(Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention)
Keep kids from getting
poisoned by medications.
• Keep medications in locked cabinets.
12 million
• Keep meds out of purses that kids can reach.
• Don’t take medicine in front of a child who
Number of Americans who have tried
might copy your actions.
methamphetamines. (2003 National
• Don’t call medicine “candy,” which might
Survey on Drug Use and Health)
entice kids to try it.
• Keep kids away from any drugs that visitors
bring into your home.
• Don’t put the next dose of a medication on a
3.1
counter or table where a child can reach it.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Percentage of American adults
who reported experiencing serious
psychological distress during the
previous 30 days in 2008. (Centers
Are you eligible Prepare your business
for Disease Control and Prevention)
for BadgerCare for a fl u pandemic.
insurance?
• Prepare emergency plans in case key employees, con-
You may qualify for access to
tractors or suppliers become ill. Know who performs
19.4
basic health services through
essential functions and decide who will fi ll in if necessary. Percentage of people ages 18-49 who
Cross-train employees.
received an infl uenza vaccination in
the BadgerCare Plus Core
• Plan to operate your business while many employees are
the previous 12 months, as reported
Plan for long-term uninsured
absent.
in 2008. The fi gure was 39.7 percent
adults. Your income must be
• Order critical supplies in advance or
for those 50-64 and 67.8 percent
under 200 percent of the fed-
identify alternate suppliers.
for those 65 and older. (Centers for
eral poverty line (about $1,800
• Make it clear that employees should
Disease Control and Prevention)
a month for an individual or
stay home if they’re sick.
$2,400 for a married couple).
• Educate employees about fl u and
Also, you must be between
what to do if they think they may
the ages of 19 and 64 and
have it.
have no dependent children
77%
• Recommend that employees get a fl u
under age 19 living with vaccination, even if it’s not specifi cally
Amount of all cancers
you. You can apply online at for the H1N1 fl u virus.
diagnosed in persons 55 and older.
access.wi.gov. (Wisconsin De- (Adapted from CDC recommendations for
(American Cancer Society)
partment of Health Services) health care facilities)
50%&66% 800&140
least likely day. July and (Centers for Disease Con- increased from 5.1 to 8.2.
Survival rate of cancer Average number of Ameri-
August, not the winter trol and Prevention) Must be the food. (Centers
patients in 1975-77 and cans and Canadians,
months, are the most for Disease Control and
1996-2004, respectively. respectively, who die each
common months for sui-
32.0&31.9
Prevention)
(American Cancer Society) year from hypothermia.
cide. (Social Psychiatry and
The percentage of adults
(Statistics Canada,
Psychiatric Epidemiology)
who engaged in regular 25&37
78&13
National Centre for Health
leisure-time physical The percentage of
Statistics)
On average, the percent-
19.4&27.6 activity in 1997 and 2008, obese and overweight
age of cancer costs
The percentage of respectively. Despite the high school students in
related to hospitalization 24.6&11.1
Americans who were proportion of exercisers the state of Wisconsin
and physician services, Percentage of all suicides
obese in 1997 and 2008, holding steady, however, and Milwaukee County,
respectively. (State of Wis- committed on Wednes-
respectively. This does not the percentage of people respectively. (Wisconsin
consin Offi ce of the Com- days, the most likely
include those who were diagnosed with diabe- Department of Health
missioner of Insurance) day, and Thursdays, the
overweight but not obese. tes in the same period Services) ✚
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