Direct Allergy Helps You Eliminate Allergies in Your Patients
Statistics Of Direct Allergy from Driect Allergy on Vimeo.
| Percentage of the U.S. population that tests positive to one or more allergens | 55% |
| Rank of allergies among other leading chronic diseases in the U.S | 5th |
| One estimate of the annual cost of allergies to the health care system and businesses in the U.S. | $7.9 billion |
| Number of workdays lost each year as a result of hay fever | 4 million |
| Number of weeks by which the ragweed pollen season has increased in the last 10 to 15 years, likely as a result of global warming | 4 weeks |
| Odds that a child with one allergic parent will develop allergies | 33% |
| Odds that a child with two allergic parents will develop allergies | 70% |
| Number of ER visits in the U.S. caused by food allergies each year | 30,000 |
| Percentage of people in the U.S. that have asthma | 8% |
| On average in 2008, due to asthma, children missed | 4 days of school |
| On average in 2008, due to asthma, adults missed | 5 days of work |
| Percentage of children hospitalized for asthma | 44% |
| Number of deaths each year in the U.S. from asthma in 2007 | 3,447 |
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