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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.