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Health articles are read by those from all walks of life and can be a blessing to stay informed about issues that matter to you most. Please check out the wide range of health articles that we have assembled for your education and enjoyment. We are continually updating our library of health articles so please check back often as we may just have the answers for which you're looking.

Here is a list of top 10 health facts you may not know:

• In 2005, there were 108,694 unintentional deaths, half of which were caused by motor vehicle accidents.
• The United States has now passed the 300 million population mark. In 1915, the population reached 100 million and in 1967 the 200 millionth American was a baby named Robert Woo.
• In a recent study it has been estimated that 17-percent of children and adolescents, from 2 - 19 years of age are overweight.
• In 2004, there were 4.1 million births in the United States, which is 1-percent greater than in 2003.
• In 2002, there were 30.8 million people who had at one time been diagnosed with asthma. Of this number 21.9 million had received a lifetime diagnosis of asthma.
• In 1999, the rate for circumcision for all male babies in the U. S. was 65.3 percent. From 1980 to 1999, the rate of circumcision for the western part of the U. S. has dropped from 62 to 37-percent.
• A 1997 survey shows that over 50-percent of the adult population is overweight and that 20-percent is obese. Hypertension, heart disease and diabetes are major health risk for those who are overweight and obese.
• In 2008, 14.3-percent in the U. S. were without health coverage.
• Over the past 10 years heart attacks due to second hand smoke have decreased by 25-percent.
• Since 1999, deaths from heart disease and stroke have declined by 30-percent due to medical advances.
  

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