Metropolitan Comparison. The average wage for medical and clinical technicians, including phlebotomists, varies by metro area in Tennessee. Chattanooga technicians could expect a mean $17.12 an hour or $35,600 annually while those in Knoxville made a mean $15.39 an hour or $32,010 a year.
Over a lifetime, childhood obesity costs $19,000 per child. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407090220.htm. Childhood obesity comes with an estimated price tag of $19,000 per child when comparing lifetime medical costs to those of a normal weight child, according to an analysis. When multiplied by the number of obese 10-year-olds in the United States, lifetime medical costs for this age alone reach roughly $14 billion.
In 2005, the total direct cost for Australians aged â¥ 30 years was $6.5 billion (95% CI, $5.8â$7.3 billion) for overweight and $14.5 billion (95% CI, $13.2â$15.7 billion) for obesity. The total excess annual direct cost due to overweight and obesity (above the cost for normal-weight individuals) was $10.7 billion.