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There are more than 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals throughout North America . Each year these hospitals treat 17 million children for every disease and injury imaginable. Collectively they impact the lives of more children than any other children's organization in North America.
Children’s hospitals are special places, graced with experts trained in the care and handling of small, fragile, sick and injured children. It is critical that we, as a society, support these islands of care because any child can get sick or become seriously injured. When they do, it is critical that there be a children’s hospital nearby.
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Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
- Treat 98% of all children needing heart or lung transplants.
- Treat 88% of all children with cancer.
- Treat 76% of all children with cystic fibrosis.
- Treat 90% of all children with sickle cell anemia.
- Treat 72% of children with pediatric AIDS.
- Devote 60% of their services to children under age six and 25% to newborns.
- Train 60% of pediatricians and 80% of all pediatric specialists.
- Educate families about issues like child safety seats, helmet safety and bicycle safety.
- Devote nearly a quarter of their care to newborns, who require the most intensive nursing and medical care of all patients.
- Provide $2.5 billion in charity (uncompensated) care each year.
Children’s Health Facts
- Asthma is the leading serious chronic illness among children.
- Cancer is the chief cause of death by disease in children under 15.
- Approximately 123,000 children in the United States have diabetes.
- Congenital heart disease is the most common of all major birth defects.
- On an average day in the United States, 411 babies are born with a birth defect.
- An estimated 150,000 babies are born each year with birth defects.
- One in five children have a minor chronic illness.
- Almost 80% of children with cancer will survive today due to advances in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cancer.
- The oldest children’s hospital in the United States and Canada is The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It was founded in 1855.