National Statistics on
Stress:
According to the Occupational Safety and Health News and the National Council of Compensation Insurance:
-Stress accounts for over $30 billion in medical and disability payments and over $99 billion in productivity loss.
-Stress keeps about one million people a day from going to work.
-Stress causes one third of American workers to seriously consider quitting their jobs.
-75% of reported high frequency illness in employees is stress related, and 85% of employee accidents are stress related.
-Stress has been linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirhosis of the liver and suicide.
-OSHA has declared stress a hazard of the workplace.
-43% of all adults suffer adverse effects from stress
-75% to 90% of all physicians visits are for stress related ailments and concerns.