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The senior population grows every year. Seniors older than 65 years of age now comprise more than 13% of the total population. However, women outlive men. In the 85-and-over age group, there are only 45 men to every 100 women.
According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, more than 50 million Americans have some kind of food allergy. Food allergies affect between 4 and 6% of children, and 4% of adults, according to the CDC. The most common food allergies include shellfish, peanuts, walnuts, fish, eggs, milk, and soy.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.