by Monty Self | Aug 19, 2022 | Opinion
The United States spent $4.1 trillion on health care in 2020, which is around $12,530 per person and 19.7% of the nation’s gross domestic product. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, this only reflects a 9.7% increase over 2019, which is around 4% higher than the average...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 20, 2022 | News
The combined number of U.S. deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide jumped 20% from 2019 to 2020, according to a report published in late May by Trust for America’s Health. Total deaths reached nearly 187,000 in 2020, with over 96,000 drug-related, over 49,000...
by Monty Self | Oct 7, 2021 | Opinion
Sixteen U.S. states have an adult obesity rate of at least 35% — a four-state increase from 2019. This was the key finding in the 18th annual report on obesity from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released in September. This parallels a World Health Organization...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 3, 2019 | News
More than 150,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2017 were related to alcohol, drugs and suicide, according to a report published by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and Well Being Trust (WBT) on March 5. Total deaths attributable to these three factors have more than doubled...
