For data from people aged younger than 15 years, we assumed that all diabetes cases were type 1 diabetes and that all patients had sought hospital care due to their insulin dependence. We also converted populat
We identified two studies that reported data for residence of children with the Geographic Information System, which showed that disease incidence generally decreased with increasing distance from hospital, except at one site in which admission rates were low for children living within 2 km of ...
(V Kadashetti MDS), Krishna institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, India; Sydney Eye Hospital (H Kandel PhD), South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Health Professions and Human Services (I M Karaye MD), Hofstra University, ...
Prevention, control, and treatment of respiratory tract cancers are important steps towards achieving target 3.4 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a one-third reduction in premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases by 2030. We aimed to provide global, regional, and national ...
(M Dubey PhD); Public Health Department, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (A Y Y Endries MPH); Department of Pharmacology (Arv Haj-Mirzaian MD, Ary Haj-Mirzaian MD), Hematologic Malignancies Research Center (A Kasaeian PhD), Hematology-Oncology and ...
(V E Nwatah MD), National Hospital Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria; Department of International Public Health (V E Nwatah MD), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI) (C I Nzoputam MPH), University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; ...
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) is a major effort to collect and incorporate into one system all available data for 354 diseases and 84 risk factors from the published literature, registries, vital registration systems, verbal autopsies, hospital records data...
(M M Birhanu MSc), St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Department of Internal Medicine (A Boloor MD), Department of Community Medicine (N Joseph MD), Kasturba Medical College (Prof B Unnikrishnan MD), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore, India; ...