1. 75-90% of all physician visits are stress-related.

2. 50% of all hospital admissions could have been prevented by a change in life-style.

3. $15 billion are lost yearly by American industry due to stress-related absenteeism.

4. Heart Disease, cancer, and stroke, all stress-related disorders,
were the top three causes of death in the United States in 1996.

5. In one year, 1.5 million people in the U.S. have a heart attack.

6. 60 million people in the U.S. have high blood pressure.

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