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Here are some scary statistics that you didn't know about meningitis -

1) Every year 1500 Americans contract meningitis, 11 percent of these people die.
2) Teens and young adults are most at risk for meningitis and account of 15 percent of the cases each year.
3) Twenty percent of those who survive live with permanent disabilities, like brain damage or hearing loss.
4) Meningitis is often misdiagnosed because the symptoms are simular to those of the flu




courtesy of http://www.nmaus.org/