CMN TELETHON: Children's Health Facts

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CMN TELETHON: Children's Health Facts

Story Created: May 21, 2009 at 2:39 PM EST

Story Updated: May 21, 2009 at 2:39 PM EST

  • Asthma is the leading serious chronic illness among children.
  • Cancer is the chief cause of death by disease in children under 15.
  • Approximately 123,000 children in the United States have diabetes.
  • Congenital heart disease is the most common of all major birth defects.
  • On an average day in the United States, 411 babies are born with a birth defect.
  • An estimated 150,000 babies are born each year with birth defects.
  • One in five children have a minor chronic illness.
  • Almost 80% of children with cancer will survive today due to advances in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cancer.
  • The oldest children’s hospital in the United States and Canada is The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It was founded in 1855.

 

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