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Cardiovascular Statistics at Skyaid Organization web site   from March 2000

 - - Life expectancy increase if source of fatality could be totally eliminated:

      1 day:   Aircraft crashes

    18 days: House fire

  113 days: Crime

  182 days: Automobile

1000 days: Cancer

2500 days: Cardiovascular Disease (7 years)

 

-----Annual Deaths in the US associated with Cardiovascular Disease

950,000 Deaths due to Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) = 41% of all deaths

400,000 Sudden Cardiac Deaths  =  42% of CVD deaths and 17% of all deaths

      Defibrillators to be delivered by Skycars will abort many Sudden Cardiac Deaths

158,000 Die before age 65 of CVD (1/6)

323,000 Deaths due to CVD were premature  = before age 75 year (life expectancy)

 

- - - Probability of cause of death (at time of birth in US)

47% Cardiovascular Disease

22% Cancer

  3% Accidents

  2% Diabetes

  0.7% HIV

 

- - - CVD annual death rate per 100,000 men aged 35-74

  186 Japan

  225 France

  335 Sweden

  389 United States (700 for people >age 65)

  400 China

  735 Poland

  938 Bulgaria

 xxxx Pakistan and India   (their ethnic type have a high but death rate)

1310 Russian Federation

- - - Cost to save a life in US

$1,000,000 for air bags

        $4,000 for Skyaid service to rapidly deliver defibrillator to a victim

              $50 per life eventually saved to reduce barriers to Skyaid service = Skyaid.org

 

- - - Annual Costs of Cardiovascular Disease in US

$185 Billion direct: hospital, physician, drugs, home care

$113 Billion lost productivity (future earnings of those who died, discounted at 6%)

       Statistics are primarily from American Heart Association-2000 and ABC News - John Stossel-1996