Tag: health
Death sure is cost-effective, isn’t it?
February 21st, 2008, 3 Comments
I just read Death Be Not Proud (But It Is Cost-Effective) by Chez Pazienza. In his story, Chez talks about his stay in the hospital to have a marble-sized brain tumor removed. Across the room during his stay in neuro ICU, he saw a person far worse off than himself: staples all [...]
American Priorities
November 6th, 2007, 13 Comments
Number of people killed on Sept. 11, 2001:
2,974
Number of suicides in 2004:
32,439
Number of people killed on American highways in 2006:
38,588
Annual deaths from obesity:
300,000
Total deaths from cancer in 2007:
559,650
Total deaths from heart disease in 2004:
871,500
Total military spending in FY2008:
$1228 billion
Funding for health research & improvement (NIH):
$29 billion
Total support of Amtrak (safer, cleaner than highways):
$1.6 billion
National Highway [...]
