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NIH Impact on U.S. Health and MedicineU.S. Life Expectancy
Reduction in deaths from: Heart disease Stroke HIV/AIDS
Increased survival rates for:Breast cancerCervical cancerColon cancer
NIH Accomplishments
Life expectancy gains worth ~$3.2 trillion
annually
Cardiovascular disease death rates have fallen
> 60% in the last half-century
HIV therapies enable people in their 20s to live to age 70+
Cancer death rates falling ~1% per year; each 1% drop
saves ~$500 billion
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Chronic Elderly Disability%
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1982 1984 1989 1994 1999 ‘04/’05
Source: KG Manton et al., PNAS (2006) 103: 18374
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Impact of NIH-Supported ResearchOn U.S. Economy In 2011, NIH research supported 432,000 jobs at more
than 2,500 institutions, small businesses nationwide In 2011, NIH funding generated $62 billion in new
economic activity—double taxpayers’ investment NIH serves as foundation for entire U.S. medical
innovation sector that: Employs 1 million U.S. citizens Generates $84 billion in wages, salaries Exports $90 billion in goods, services
Source: An Economic Engine: NIH Research, Employment and the Future of the Medical Innovation Sector,
United Medical Research, May 2011
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“If we’re going to create jobs now and in the future, we're going to have to out-build and out-educate and out-innovate every other country on Earth.”
President Obama Signing of America Invents ActThomas Jefferson High School
September 16, 2011