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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Interesting Medical Facts

Changes and new findings in the medical world help shape the various testing applications and systems or accessories needed to test medical packaging, lab-grown tissues, various materials that replace existing joints, and more. In light of this, we thought we'd share some interesting medical-related facts with our readers.

•Out of the 6.8 billion people in our world, nearly 40% live in either China or India
•The average global life expectancy in 1910 was 39 years; in 2010, it was 68 years
•The #1 work loss injury/explanation in the world is lower back pain
•The average human heart beats 400 million times in 10 years
•In 2010, more than 1,000,000 stents were placed in coronary arteries within the US alone

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