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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Though the United States has largely rejected the metric system, it is used for currency, as in 100 pennies = 1 dollar. Previously, the British currency system was used, with measurements such as 12 pence to the shilling, and 20 shillings to the pound.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.