You are 15 times more likely to be off work for six months
because of an accident or serious illness than you are to die
before your retirement. Social Security Statistics 1997 and Office of National Statistics
1997
Every 40 seconds a serious illness is diagnosed. ABI-May 1999
An estimated 1 in 4 males aged 30 will suffer a critical illness
such as cancer, heart attack or stroke before aged 65.*
An estimated 1 in 9 females aged 30 will suffer a critical
illness such as cancer, heart attack or stroke before aged 65.*
An estimated 1 in 10 males will suffer a heart attack before
aged 65.*
An estimated 1 in 13 females aged 40 will contract cancer before
aged 60.* *ERC Frankona Estimate 1999
1 in 3 people in the South of England will get cancer Imperial Cancer Research Fund 2000
