Data showed nearly all adults aged 65 and older -- 98.5% -- had at least one underlying condition, and 90.3% had two or more conditions, including diabetes, kidney disorders, coronary artery disease, chronic he
V-safe asks parents to enroll their children and log their symptoms once a day for the first week post-vaccination, compiling information on their sex, age, race, ethnicity and health impacts by dose received. The CDC will then compare that data to the side effects reported for a...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicate the adult obesity rates in the United States are now a staggering 40 percent while youth obesity rates grew to 20 percent for 12-to...
Paula M. Williams, Dr.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues obtained TB case counts from the National TB Surveillance System. Rates were calculated overall and by jurisdiction, birth origin, race and ethnicity, and age group. The researchers found that TB case counts and rates incre...
How does effectiveness vary depending on: (1) the specific type or cause of pain (eg, neuropathic, musculoskeletal [including low back pain], fibromyalgia, sickle cell disease, inflammatory pain, and headache disorders); (2) patient demographics (eg, age, race, ethnicity, gender); and (3) ...
Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs), annual percent change (APC), and average annual percentage change (AAPC) were calculated per 100,000 persons, stratified by year, sex, race/ethnicity, and geographical region. Results CAD in DM accounted for 1,462,279 deaths among US adults aged 25+. ...