For those that aren’t familiar with UK regions or US states here are the key population figures in order of size: South East (8.63 million) = New Jersey (8.79 million) London (8.17 million) = Virginia (8.00 million) North West (7.05 million) = Washington (state not DC) (6.72 million...
Population based epidemiology of ankle sprains attending accident and emergency units in the West Midlands of Eng- land, and a survey of UK practice for severe ankle sprains. Emerg Med J 2003;20:508- 510.Bridgman SA, Clement D, Downing A, Walley G, Phair I et al. (2003) Population ...
To date, there are no clear estimates that can determine whether a sufficient proportion of the UK population can extend their working life (ie, stay healthy and in work) in line with plans to increase the State Pension age.6 Although estimates of work participation such as employment rate or...
We simulated and analysed two major heatwaves in the UK, in August 2003 and July 2006, to assess spatial vulnerability to heat exposure across the West Midlands, an area containing ～5 million people, and how ambient temperature varies in relation to factors that influence heat-related health ...
around 40% held at least a higher education and had either managerial or intermediate occupations. Significant differences emerged across regions. The West Midlands had the highest average BMI (28.7 (0.27)), closely followed by the South-West and North-West regions, both with an average BMI of...
The city is already a big base for clinical trials because of its access to a large and ethnically diverse pool of patients in the surrounding West Midlands region. This 5.7m-strong population allows for large trials across a variety of demographic and racial groups, or more targeted trials in...
Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp 73–87. Leberg P (2005). Genetic approaches for estimating the effective size of populations. J Wildl Manage 69: 1385–1399. Lippé C, Dumont P, Bernatwhez L (2006). High genetic diversity and no inbreeding in the endangered copper redhorse, Mowo...
Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Ruairi C. Robertson, Ceri Evans & Andrew J. Prendergast Devil’s Staircase Consulting, West Vancouver, BC, Canada Thaddeus J. Edens Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Lynnea...
Location of general practice (region of England, UK)* London 52 057 (15·6%) 43 048 (16·1%) 8383 (13·9%) 626 (11·3%) East and West Midlands 58 469 (17·6%) 46 904 (17·6%) 10 669 (17·7%) 896 (16·2%) East of England 17 373 (5·2%) 13 978 (5·...
Cattle movement is a well-known source of bTB spread4 but the typical distances of cattle movement in the UK are short17 and cattle move few times in their life19. Most movements between any given pair of farms only occurred once in a study spanning form 1999 to 200919. However, during...