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Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.