Facts Collection http://goodneighboursclub.org Collection of facts and statistics related to homelessness. daily 1 2009-03-11T19:25:34Z There are more than 50,000 households on the waiting list for social housing; many families end up waiting up to 5 or even 10 years. http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/waiting-list No publisher sdwood 2009-03-12T01:33:29Z Page 53% of the 904 homeless people surveyed by Dr. Stephen Hwang had a traumatic brain injury. 70% of those people had the injury before they became homeless. http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/brain-injury No publisher sdwood 2009-03-20T00:10:07Z Page Homeless people are 29 times as likely to have hepatitis C as the general population http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/health No publisher sdwood 2009-03-25T06:22:13Z Page 1 in 3 homeless people has been physically assaulted in the past year http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/dangerous No publisher sdwood 2009-03-19T15:59:44Z Page Homeless people are 20 times as likely to have epilespy as the general population http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/epilepsy No publisher sdwood 2009-03-19T16:03:28Z Page It cost the BC government 33% more to provide health care, criminal justice and social services to a homeless person than to a socially housed unemployed individual. http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/housing-costs No publisher sdwood 2009-03-12T02:08:09Z Page The 2006 Street Needs Assessment found that respondents over 65 had spent an average of 12 years living on the street. http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/average-years No publisher sdwood 2009-03-12T02:19:29Z Page Homeless people are 5 times as likely to have heart disease as the general population http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/heart-disease No publisher escott 2009-03-19T16:07:53Z Page Homeless people are 4 times as likely to have cancer as the general population http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/cancer No publisher escott 2009-03-19T16:12:03Z Page Homeless people are twice as likely to have diabetes as the general population http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/diabetes No publisher escott 2009-03-19T16:10:16Z Page 10% of the homeless people surveyed by Street Health had attempted suicide in the past year. 25% had attempted suicide in their lifetime. http://goodneighboursclub.org/facts-folder/suicide No publisher escott 2009-03-19T17:14:02Z Page