By the Numbers | August 2021

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Appears in the August 2021 issue.

70 million

The number of tons of food transported through Illinois in the U.S. food network, according to a study in Environmental Science and Technology. Illinois is the most-critical hub in the network that supplies 400 million tons of food annually.

65+

The age of patients at the Northwestern Medicine Innovative Primary Care Clinic (nm.org) recently opened at 636 Raymond Drive in Naperville. Patients at the walk-in facility will be assisted by health coaches to navigate specialists, tests, appointments, and transportation, and social workers for needs like food and housing insecurities.

7%

The percentage of increase in spring forest flowers—which helps the bumblebee population to survive—within Illinois since 1997, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.