NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs) KILL 41 MILLION PEOPLE EACH YEAR – EQUIVALENT TO 71%  OF ALL DEATHS GLOBALLY

77%  OF GLOBAL NCD DEATHS ARE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

– WHO 2021

KEY GLOBAL RISK FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MILLIONS OF DEATHS EVERY YEAR:
HIGH BLOOD SUGAR
OBESITY & OVERWEIGHT
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

OVER TEN YEARS 2010-2019:
HIGH BLOOD SUGAR WENT UP 13%
OBESITY & OVERWEIGHT IS UP 18%
WHILE SMOKING WENT DOWN 10%

ORAL DISEASES & CONDITIONS (UNTREATED TOOTH DECAY, SEVERE PERIODONTITIS, & TOOTH LOSS) AFFECT 3.5 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE

THE MOST PREVALENT OF ALL MEDICAL CONDITIONS IS UNTREATED TOOTH DECAY

POLLUTION IS THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSE OF DISEASE AND DEATH IN THE WORLD TODAY, RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ESTIMATED 9 MILLION PREMATURE DEATHS

POLLUTION IS THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDS)
MORE THAN SMOKING OR ALCOHOL OR MALNUTRITION

– the 2017 Global Burden of Disease Study