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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
Less than one of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control. Only 48.1% with the condition are being treated for it.