Routine Care & Wellness

Did You Know?

• Among passenger vehicle occupants over 4 years old, safety belts saved an estimated 11.088 lives in 1998. (US Department of Transportation)
• From 1975 through 1998, an estimated 112, 086 lives were saved by safety belts. (US Department of Transportation)
• Tobacco use is responsible for more than 430,000 deaths each year or one in every five deaths. (CDC)
• Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in our nation. (CDC)
• On average, smokers die nearly seven years earlier than nonsmokers. (CDC)
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. It is the leading cause of cancer death among women age 40-55. (American Cancer Society)
• Influenza vaccination of working adults reduces episodes of upper respiratory illness (URI) by 25%, reduces sick leave from work due to URI by 43% and reduces visits to physicians offices for URI by 44% (New England Journal of Medicine).