List Of Problems
- obesity is one of America's top issues currently. There are over 3 million cases each year . obesity can lead to life threatening diseases such as cancer and heart diesease. over 69% of americans are either obese or overweight and the statistics are not getting any better.https://www.healthline.com/health/obesity-facts#1
- Distracted driving is a major issue all over the world. over 2.5 million people are killed from distracted drivers each year and over 1000 people are injured a day. out of those 1000, 9 of those people die. https://carsurance.net/blog/distracted-driving-statistics/
- one the of the top leading causes in sports related activities is from heat stroke. Those who play football have the highest rates for heat exhaustion. elderly people, people with high blood pressure, and people working or exercising in a hot environment are the most prone to heat related illnesses .https://healthresearchfunding.org/17-shocking-heat-exhaustion-statistics/
- A big problem in America, especially in the poorer areas, is adolescent pregnancy. The problems with this is that births that happen while the mother is under 20 years of age have higher health risks to themselves and the child. Only about 1.8% out of 1000 births are from teens, however that number is still very large considering the whole countries population. https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm
- Semi Truck blind spots are a big problem all across the world. Driving school always teaches you don't be near a semi, they have too many blind spots. In the US alone about 500,000 accidents involve a semi tuck, and out of those 5,000 caused death. https://www.mcaleerlaw.com/trucking-accident-facts-and-statistics.html
decision matrix
Potential market research
problem statement
In a survey of 169 people in the eastern shore region, 71% of them saw heat exhaustion as a problem. Out of the 120 people that saw it as a problem, 60.8% of the people have personally been affected by it. So any solution to this problem would help the majority of people in our location.
individual summary
over the past couple weeks our team has been struggling to find a problem that really interested us and could be solved with the little time that we have. we decided to go with the problem of heat illnesses because it personally affects me during the summer months, Where I spend most of my time working outdoors. I feel confident that Keegan and I can come up with a proper solution to this issue