European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Statistics on sick americans Are a real by Charles Seabrook Cox news service w ill the real healthy american please stand up before you Volunteer consider this according to he people who claim to know about such things an estimated 100 million americans have digestive disorders ranging Iron polyps such As president Reagan had to heartburn and peptic ulcers. An estimated 100 million people have gum disease and an estimated 57 million have High blood pressure. 40 million Suiter irom chronic pain. 20 million have genital herpes and 10 million have head lice when you add in the 40 million who suffer rom Hay ewer and other allergic diseases the 40 million who have Arl Henlis. The 11 million who have diabetes and the tens of millions affected by a smorgasbord o1 other p Obrems. In sounds As if America s population is approaching a billion and the nation is the land of the walking wounded. While mat is untrue there Are Only an estimated 240 million americans trying to find your Way through the health statistic Maze can be frustrating bewildering and a major headache. Headaches by the Way regularly affect an estimated 20 million to 40 million americans. Part of the confusion stems from the tact that there Ere just As Many statistics portraying americans As generally til As Hera Are Jala suggesting that americans  generally sick. To make our statistics available to anyone who wants them and they draw their own conclusions from the data says Sharon Ramirez of the National Center far health statistics in Atlanta. But it is not easy to gauge the nation s health from statistics alone for instance statistics show an estimated 140 million americans have lower Back pain 50 million Are handicapped and 7 million Are disabled irom injuries. Yei. The , Nielsen co. A Public Survey firm says an estimated 102 million americans participate in swimming 40 million participate in Bowling. 30 million roller skate and 25 million play Lennels. And although an estimated 25 million americana have gallbladder disorders 20 million have serious sleep problems. 16 million have genital warts and 5 million have chronic bad breath Ramirez says Overall. Americans Are no that  while she acknowledges that trying to bring order to the statistical chaos is sometimes disheartening heart attacks or heart pain incidentally will affect an estimated 4.7 million americans this year she cites surveys by her Agency which show that americans Are living longer staying fewer Days in the Hospital and living healthier lifestyles. Then who accounts for the estimated 54 million americans who smoke the 20 million who have serious sleep problems the 15 million who suffer from depression serious enough to require treatment and lessons in your living room sales of instructional videos soar by William  United press International the Home video nation Ola Merica is swelling into uneconomic Bonanza to current and former athletes who returning their talents toward the lucrative How to instructional Market. The shift toward instructional Home videos started quietly in the late 1970s, bul gained tremendous momentum with the Advent of actress Jane Fonda s successful workout videos. Today in the comport of one s living room in is possible to gel Golf lips from the legendary Jack Nicklaus learn defensive driving techniques from former world racing Champion Jackie Stewart take ski lessons from olympic Gold medallist Jean Claude Killy and Sec How Jimmy Connors uses his backhand. Viewers can also get instruction on lesser known sports with such titles As Bowling to win with Earl  fishing with Jimmy Houston and Bob Mann s instant  this year according to billboard Magazine s Home entertainment editor. Jim Mccullough As much As $50 million will be spent in the How to instructional sports and fitness video Market the paces of the vide Casselles Range from $14.95 to $69.95. With an Ever growing number of videocassette recorders in american households up to 40 million at last count the instructional video Market apparently is Slit in its infancy. I think this Market is just Starling to Lake off said Dennis Spencer a spokesman for the Dallas based pro serv television inc. I think it s one of those situations where a new medium is getting hot. Everyone seems to be getting into it bul i think to will soon see a situation where Only the Strong Quality companies will  pro Seiv is a recently formed subsidiary of a Washington based sports management firm. It is also a newcomer to the sports video Market. We be really just started to get into this Market Spencer said. But the potential Tor growth really is limitless. We see it As a Good marriage of elite athletes and their sports the television subsidiary May also Benefit from the Star splashed client list of the Parent company. Among its clients Are Tennis greats Arthur Ashe Slan Smith and Connors the company also represents basketball s Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing and the cycling husband wife learn of Dav