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Brain Bee
The Brain
The Brain
THE TOLL OF SELECTED BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS ON AMERICANS
Condition Total Cases Cost per Year (U.S. dollars)
Sleep Disorders 70 million 100 billionHearing Loss 32 million 2.5 billionAll Depressive Disorders 20.9 million 70 billionTraumatic Brain Injury 5.3 million 60 billionStroke 5.2 million 51 billionAlzheimer’s Disease 5 million 148 billionSchizophrenia 2 million 32.5 billionParkinson’s Disease 1 million 5.6 billionMultiple Sclerosis 400,000 10.6 billionSpinal Cord Injury 250,000 10 billionHuntington’s Disease 30,000 2 billion
Sleep Disord
ers
Hearing Lo
ss
All Depressi
ve Disord
ers
Traumatic Brain In
jury
Stroke
Alzheim
er’s Dise
ase
Schizo
phrenia
Parkinson’s D
isease
Multiple Sclero
sis
Spinal Cord
Injury
Huntington’s Dise
ase 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Total Cases M
illio
ns o
f cas
es
Alzheim
er’s Dise
ase
Sleep Disord
ers
All Depressi
ve Disord
ers
Traumatic Brain In
jury
Stroke
Schizo
phrenia
Multiple Sclero
sis
Spinal Cord
Injury
Parkinson’s D
isease
Hearing Lo
ss
Huntington’s Dise
ase 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Cost per Year (U.S. dollars)Bi
llion
s of
US
Dol
lars
Neuron
Neuron
Neuron Migration
Nervous System
Spinal column and nerves
Sense and perception
Sense and Perception
Hearing
Smell
Taste
Pain
Pain
Learning and Memory
Movement
Movement
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