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Numerical on communicable diseases:
- Malaria mortality rate ~ 400,000 deaths/ year.
- Tuberculosis cases ~ 10.6 million in 2021.
- HIV/AIDS incidence ~ 1.5 cases per 1,000 population (2020).
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) ~ 37.9 million new cases (2018).
Numerical on non-communicable diseases:
- India has ~ 80 million diabetes cases (2021) and ~ 1,30,000 amputations per year due to diabetes.
- Overweight adults worldwide ~ 1.9 billion.
- Obese adults worldwide ~ 600 million.
- Cancer new cases worldwide ~ 19.3 million (2020).
Numerical on Mental Health:
- People with mental disorders worldwide ~ 1 billion.
- Depression cases worldwide ~ 264 million.
- Anxiety cases worldwide ~ 284 million.
Numerical on vaccination
- Measles deaths before vaccine ~ 2.6 million/ year.
- Measles deaths reduction since widespread vaccination > 99%.
- Polio cases before vaccine ~ 350,000 children paralyzed/ year.
- Polio cases reduction since widespread vaccination > 99.9%.
- Tetanus deaths before vaccine ~ 1 million/ year.
- Tetanus deaths reduction since widespread vaccination > 99%.
Numerical on drug addiction:
- Drug users worldwide ~ 275 million (2020).
- Drug overdose deaths in the US (2021) ~ 107,622.
- Opioid overdose deaths in the US (2021) ~ 70,630.
