National research has shown that reducing the impact of ACEs during childhood may dramatically improve outcomes in
• Depressive disorder ( 44 % reduction )
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( 27 % reduction )
• Asthma ( 24 % reduction )
• Kidney Disease ( 16 % reduction )
• Stroke ( 15 % reduction )
• Coronary Heart Disease ( 13 % reduction )
• Cancer ( 6 % reduction )
• Diabetes ( 6 % reduction )
• Overweight / Obesity ( 2 % reduction )
• Heavy drinking ( 24 % reduction )
• People with six or more ACEs have a 20 year shorter life expectancy . 6
Preventing ACEs could reduce a large number of |
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Health Event Avoided |
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Depression Cases Avoided - Potential 21,000,000 46,375 Heart Disease Cases Avoided - Potential 1,900,000 4,196 Obesity Cases Avoided - Potential 2,500,000 5,521
Source : US CDC , 2019 . Available at https :// www . cdc . gov / vitalsigns / aces / index . html
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Anne Marie Project . Available at https :// annemarieproject . org / adverse-child-experience /