Post on 22-Dec-2015
Life Expectancy at Birth 2008
USA
WPRO
Tonga
Solomon Isl
Samoa
RMI
Palau
Niue
New Zealand
Nauru
Kiribati
Guam
FSM
Fiji
Cook Isl
CNMI
Australia
Am Samoa
78
75
71
70
68
59
72
71
81
60
67
78
69
70
74
77
82
73
WHO World Health Statistics 2010 & CIA World Fact Book 2010
USAPI Per Capita Total Expenditure on Health(in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, International $ for FSM, RMI, AS, GU, USA)
(in unadjusted USD for CNMI and Palau)
$8,233
$531
$453
$260
$380
$440
$140
$374
$702
$1,032
$92
$500
$0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 $6,000 $7,000 $8,000 $9,000
USA
WPRO
FSM
Yap
Pohnpei
Kosrae
Chuuk
RMI
Palau
Guam
CNMI
Am Samoa
WHO World Health Statistics 2013 (FM, MH); WHO Country Profiles 2011 (AS, GU (2000)) CNMI $5M FY13 budget for CHCC/53,883 popn (2010) in USD not adjusted
Palau $14.4M FY12 budget/20,518 popn (2010 est) in USD not adjusted
What’s in a butt?
• http://www.thetruth.com/facts/pages/whats-in-a-butt/
Tobacco
• More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.
• If nobody smoked, one of every three cancer deaths in the U.S. would not happen.
Smokers increase their risk…
Compared with nonsmokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of—• Coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times• Stroke by 2 to 4 times• Men developing lung cancer by 23 times• Women developing lung cancer by 13 times, and• Dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases
(such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) by 12 to 13 times.
Smoking causes cancers
• Acute myeloid leukemia• Bladder cancer• Cancer of the cervix• Cancer of the esophagus• Kidney cancer• Cancer of the larynx (voice box)• Lung cancer• Cancer of the oral cavity (mouth)• Pancreatic cancer• Cancer of the pharynx (throat)• Stomach cancer
Smoking affects the fetus and baby
Smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects, including increased risk for—• Infertility• Preterm delivery• Stillbirth• Low birth weight• Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
The Truth
• 245 Facts about tobacco, smoking, and tobacco companies
• http://www.thetruth.com/facts/
International Anti-smoking Ad
http://www.wimp.com/smokingads/
US National Anti-smoking Ads
http://healthland.time.com/2013/09/09/first-national-anti-smoking-tv-ads-help-200000-smokers-to-quit/
UK Anti-smoking Ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuHeI4H00U
No more butts in Kala’au Village, Tonga
• The village of Kala'au on the western side of Tongatapu in Tonga, home to 126 people, has taken a stand against tobacco smoking-related deaths, declaring itself a 'smoke-free' area.
• Voluntary declaration• The only retail store does not sell tobacco• No smoking in public gatherings at churches, town
halls• Village already alcohol free• http://www.spc.int/hpl/index.php?option=com_conte
nt&task=view&id=121&Itemid=44