Health Infographics

Did you know that every 20 minutes someone in North Carolina is hospitalized from a stroke? That’s 72 North Carolinians each day who are suffering from a brain attack that can be prevented with proper diet, exercise, and blood pressure control. The Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force, the North Carolina Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program, and The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence invite you to help spread this important public awareness message by sharing this stroke infographic.

Malaria claims populations larger than the size of U.S. cities like Boston, Seattle, Baltimore, Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C. every year. Let’s take a closer look at the progress that has been made in the fight against this needless killer that takes about 655,000 lives each year. Every minute, malaria claims a life in Africa; but, malaria mortality rates are falling. Just a few short years ago, statistics showed a child died every 30 seconds of the mosquito-borne disease.

It’s not easy to trick the school nurse into sending you home from school early. Licensed school nurses attend to 64 percent of a given population and end up returning 95 percent of them to class. While this may seem like some daunting statistics, it is possible to convince the nurse that going home is the best option.

There are some pretty strange mental disorders out there. For example, Cotard’s Syndrome is where the sufferer believes that they are actually dead and that their blood and organs have been removed from their body. Crazy right? Check out the infographic below presented by PsychDegrees.org to learn more about the strangest mental disorders out there.

One in 10 Americans are addicted to alcohol and other drugs. But how does this happen? Check out the infographic below presented by BestRehabCounselingDegrees.com to learn about how our brains react to drugs and addiction.

There are many ways in which the U.S. healthcare system is broken. For instance, around 20 percent of patients will encounter some form of malpractice in their lifetime. Also, around 18 percent of hospital patients suffer injury during the course of their stay. These numbers are unusually high for such a “developed” country as America.

“Menopause By the Numbers” is a fun interactive way to learn about menopause and it’s symptoms. In what age range is it typical for natural menopause to occur? How many women reach menopause in the United States each day? What percentage of women experience menopause symptoms? What are the five most common menopause symptoms? What percentage of women report using dietary supplements to relieve menopause symptoms?

Approximately 4.5 million lives are saved each year through blood transfusions. Check out the infographic below presented by InsuranceQuotes to learn more interesting facts about blood donation.