Number of deaths for leading causes of death. Heart disease: 614,348. â¢ Cancer: 591,699. â¢ Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 147,101. â¢ Accidents (unintentional injuries): 136,053. â¢ Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 133,103. â¢ Alzheimer's disease: 93,541.
Both risk management and quality management strategies must find ways to account for uncertainty. After all, in the quality management space there is no such thing as an absolutely perfect quality product. Handling risk is implicit in the day-to-day tasks of a successful quality management professional.
Survey results imply that Quality Assurance Specialists deploy a deep pool of skills on the job. Most notably, skills in Project Management, Regulatory Compliance, Auditing, and Quality Improvement / QA are correlated to pay that is above average, with boosts between 3 percent and 8 percent.