Inflammation Epidemic

More than one in three US Citizens will suffer from an inflammatory disease.

Asthma: more than 20 million Americans have asthma today, twice as many as in 1980. American Lung Association. Epidemiology & statistics Unit, Research and Program Services. Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality May 2005, reviewed at http://www.aaaai.org
Allergies: More than 50 million - 20% of the US population, suffers from allergies; there has been a 100% increase (doubling) in the prevalence of hay fever in developed countries in each of the last three decades. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI). The Allergy Report: Science Based Findings on the Diagnosis & Treatment of Allergic Disorders, 1996-2001, reviewed at http://www.aaaai.org
Diabetes: Nearly 21 million Americans have diabetes, causing approximately 200,000 deaths per year in the US. http://www.diabetes.org
Cardiovascular Diseases: Causing over 900,000 deaths in the US in 2003, over 71 million Americans having some form of cardiovascular disease. http://www.americanheart.org
Obesity: Over 64% of American adults are overweight or obese; 16% of children are overweight or obese and twice that many are at risk. (Hu et al., JAMA, 2002, 287:1815-1821.