The most comprehensive national data
published on employer costs, the BLS National Compensation Survey (NCS), provide estimates of employer
insurance costs on a «per - hour - worked» basis for 180 groups of employees, broken down
by occupational groups,
industries, ownership (private
industry or state and local government), and other characteristics.
In thre United States someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds and 785,000 individuals will have a new coronary attack this year according to data
published by the American Association for Critical Illness
Insurance, an
industry trade group.