Bangladesh Bringing Care Closer to Home

5% of births are attended by skilled health personnel, among lowest-income populations

3 physicians for every 10,000 patients

69 deaths per 1,000 live births for children under 5

51% of births are attended by skilled health personnel, among highest-income populations

9.4 doctors for every 10,000 people

Total expenditure on healthcare is 4.3% of GDP

3 cardiologists for every 800,000 people

Almost 300,000 cases of cholera and 4,549 deaths in the year following the 2010 earthquake

Total expenditure on health is 8% of GDP

Before the 2010 earthquake, just 63% of the population had access to clean water sources

20 million low-birth-weight or premature births annually worldwide

Nearly 40% of all low-birth-weight and premature births in the developing world occur in India

22% of infant deaths in India are from pneumonia

Traditional warmer price:
up to $5,000. Embrace target price: under $200

Mortality rates for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are among the highest in the world; 541 per 100,000 deaths for men; 348 for women

Over 30% of the adult population is obese

Over 70% of the adult population is overweight

Over 65% of the adult population has insufficient physical activity

44 — Highest median age in the world

Japan’s population growth rate has been negative from 2005—2009 and currently remains at 0%

30% — Highest portion of population over the age of 60 in the world

6 hospital beds per 10,000 people

2% of the GDP spent on healthcare, among the lowest in the world

1/2 of the population is located in rural areas

Less than 1/2 of births are attended by skilled physicians among the country's poorest

In 2010, there were 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

Mammography screenings for women over 40 increased from 29% in 1987 to more than 66% by 2005

Breast cancer incidence declined 2% per year from 1998 – 2007

Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for women age 40 – 55

African Americans have the highest rate of both obesity (51%) and diabetes (13%), compared with other ethnic groups

Obesity increases risk of diabetes by more than 7 times

If current trends continue, 1 in 3 Americans will develop diabetes; they will lose, on average, 10–15 years of life

11.3% of adults have diabetes; by 2015 that number is projected to reach 15%

Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, blindness and amputations

18% of African Americans lack health insurance

Length of time between mammogram screenings twice as long for Asian American, African American, and Hispanic women as for white women

African American women suffer from breast cancer at a lower rate than white women; they die from the disease more often

1/2 of Hispanics do not have a regular doctor

17% of people with smartphones use them for health-related apps

Currently, 70% of all health-related smartphone apps are intended for consumers; 30% are intended for healthcare professionals

Remote mhealth is expected to be a $2–6 billion industry by 2015

Globally, mobile access to the Web is expected to overtake PC access within 5 years

500 million people, or about 30% of an estimated 1.4 billion smartphone subscribers worldwide, will be using mobile health apps by 2015