
Medical Emergency
Pre-pandemic there were 139 million visits to the emergency room annually with 2 million admitted to critical care. Over 50% of non-elderly Americans have pre-existing conditions.

Life
Worldwide, around 50 million people have dementia. Every year, there are nearly 10 million new cases. 5-8% of those 60 and over will have dementia at a given time. There are also over 60,000 new Parkinson's disease diagnoses each year.

Death
The pandemic toll may reach a half million in the US before it is under control. Prior to the pandemic over 170 thousand unintentional injury deaths occurred annually. For 2020 that total is expected to exceed 3 million.