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 Statistic Information - December 4, 2008
| According to statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 20-percent of all cosmetic procedures performed last year, an increase from 14-percent in 2000. Hispanics lead minority racial and ethnic groups in the number of procedures at 8.5-percent followed by African- Americans, 6.2 percent; Asians, 4.6 percent; and other non-Caucasians, 1.1 percent | | The CDC recently published the National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2005, and announced diabetes in the United States has increased by 14 percent in just two years. With the number of diabetes cases on the rise, now affecting 7 percent of the population, National Diabetes Awareness Month this November serves as a good time to educate people with diabetes on the importance of meeting their controls | | A new poll reveals one-third of older Americans are not only having sweet dreams at night, but sleeping well, too. In addition, a Gallup polls shows men over 50 are getting the most out of their shut-eye. The poll also shows sleep is never completely peaceful for 8 percent of adults, while the remainder lose at least one night a week, according to results released today by the International Longevity Center-USA, a New York-based non-profit policy group | | A new poll reveals one-third of older Americans are not only having sweet dreams at night, but sleeping well, too. In addition, a Gallup polls shows men over 50 are getting the most out of their shut-eye. The poll also shows sleep is never completely peaceful for 8 percent of adults, while the remainder lose at least one night a week, according to results released today by the International Longevity Center-USA, a New York-based non-profit policy group | | The federal government reported Friday a record number of babies were born to unmarried women in the United States last year. The nearly 1.5 million unwed births amounted to about 36 percent of all births in the country. And those moms were more likely to be 20-somethings than teenagers, according to the new federal data | |
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