Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also referred to as crib death, is the unexplained, sudden death of a seemingly healthy baby under the age of one. Although the cause of SIDS is unknown, it has been considered to be associated with defects in the portion of a baby’s brain that r...
Fromconceptionto death, humans are targets for attack by multitudes of other living organisms, all of them competing for a place in the commonenvironment. The air people breathe, the soil they walk on, the waters and vegetation around them, the buildings they inhabit and work in, all can be...
Mortality rates describe the statistics of death in a population, influenced by a variety of factors that change throughout history between societies. Learn about the impact of income and nutrition, as well as public health and medicine on societies' mortality rates. ...
Prenatal care in the United States in the period 1980-1994; Medical and life-style risk factors affecting fetal mortality; Leading causes of death by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin in the United States.EBSCO_AspPopulation Today
Evolutionary Patterns of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in North versus South America Suggest Ecological Differences and Taxonomic Revision The eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) complex consists of four distinct genetic lineages: one that circulates in North America (NA EEEV) and the Caribbean ... ...
Neonatal and infant mortality rate... SH Chung,YS Choi,CW Bae - 《Liver Transplantation》 被引量: 13发表: 2013年 The effect of sociodemographic factors on infant mortality according to cause of death: A birth cohort in Seoul, Korea, 1999-2003 Objectives The aim of this study was to ...
Sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, claims the lives of nearly 1,400 babies a year in the U.S. Placing infants on their back to sleep, with nothing else in their crib, is one way to prevent SIDS. (Photo Credit: Cavan RF/Getty Images) ...
AmericaandCentral America. Life for the bulk of the population in these regions is at a minimal level. Nutritionaldeficienciescausediseaseseldom seen by doctors in the highly developed countries. Lowlife expectancy, high levels of infant mortality, and poor health characterize life in these societies....
Using a sample of 380 infant homicides in Texas from 1981 through 1991, a multivariate analysis between victim/offender relationship, cause of death, and victim's age at time of fatal injury, predicts the age at which an infant (≤34 months) is likely to be fatally injured. The findings ...
This study aimed to present a comprehensive analysis of under-5, infant, and neonatal mortality rates and its trend in Xicheng district of Beijing, China. We used the surveillance data of under-5 children reported by Preventive Health Department of Xicheng District Community Health Service Center ...