The inaccuracy of many death certificates detracts greatly from their value. Clinical determination of the causes of death is often difficult, the general percentage of correct diagnoses being probably less than 50%. When two diseases coexist, it may be difficult at times to decide which is the...
Understanding changing trends by age and race/ethnicity for leading causes of death is imperative for focused intervention. Objective To estimate trends in US infant and youth mortality rates from 1999 to 2015 by age group and race/ethnicity, identify leading causes of death, and compare mortality...
aThis can help the building owners to set target for the future and work towards achieving the Label. Once awarded, the Label will be reviewed and assessed every 3 years. An applicant commences by engaging the services of an accredited energy services company (ESCO) from the ESU website (Te...
Around 6 in 10 deaths from COVID-19 last year were in hospital beds, down from close to 7 in 10 during the first two years of the pandemic. Instead, a larger percentage of deaths happened either at home or in long-term care facilities. That is consistent with ashiftobserved in March l...
Among the patients in whom the cause of death was diabetic nephropathy, a high percentage, 58.4%, was on insulin therapy.6. The average age at death of the 18,385 diabetics was 68.0 years in men and 71.6 years in women. However, the report of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of ...
overweight and obesity among adults in the USA, the NHANES from 2003 to 2018: a repeat cross-sectional survey Mingxi Li, BMJ Open, 2022 Body fat percentage, body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of mortality and cardiovascular disease Phyo Kyaw Myint, Chun Shing Kwok, Robert...
Sedentary behavior (SB) has emerged as a significant health concern that deserves attention. This study aimed to examine the associations between prolonged sedentary behavior and the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality as well as to explore de
(D) Percentage change between 1990 and 2021 in anaemia prevalence (top) and YLDs (rate per 100 000 population; bottom) for all ages and male and female sexes. Error bars are 95% CI. YLDs=years lived with disability. Age and sex trends Across all ages, males had a lower prevalence ...
2 In addition, the percentage of daily smokers who smoked fewer than 10 cigarettes per day (CPD) increased from 16% to 27% from 2005 to 2014, and the proportion who did not smoke every day increased from 19% to 23%.3 Low-intensity smoking (eg, ≤10 CPD) was traditionally considered ...
The analysis of infant death frequency by group of causes of death points that there still exist possibilities of eliminating the exogenous causes of death (as the same causes prevail in the socio-economically least developed regions of the country). Besides, some improvement can also be expected...