A critical illness can strike anyone. While it’s true that it’s more likely to affect those in middle age or the elderly, it’s essential to take precautionary steps. Lead a healthy lifestyle, follow a disciplined exercise regimen, and don’t miss your health check-ups. Doing these thi...
According to theSingapore Department of Statistics(DOS), the life expectancy for Singapore is 83.9 years—86.1 for women and 81.5 for men. Women live longer, which means they are likely to have a longer retirement period which calls for a larger retirement fund. This makes financial planning cr...
“Unless the transmissibility changes, surveillance and containment can only work so well,” Longini, co-director of the Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases at the University of Florida, said in an interview at WHO headquarters in Geneva. “Isolating cases and quarantining contac...
Although the number of confirmed cases is still small at present, there are noticeable similarities and differences in their clinical characteristics when compared with SARS. First, the clinical progression of the illness appears similar to SARS: patients developed pneumonia around the end of the first...
Table 1 Summary statistics of low-frequency genome-wide hits identified in the study. Full size table Fig. 1: Low-frequency LTL associations in the SCHS Discovery dataset (N = 20,177). aThree loci at chromosome 7, 8, and 10 were identified beyond the genome-wide significance threshold...
Currently, the number of active patients stood at nearly 60,000, statistics from the Health Ministry showed, and 9,604 deaths have been reported so far. Thailand Thailand reported 14,653 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily level in more than five weeks, according to...
Your mum, as always, don’t respond well to such news on mortality. She is hoping that I have 52 more years, surely I can buck the trend, you’ll never know sincelife is a lucky draw. I told her I have a good 48 years and if statistics shows that I should kick the bucket in...
As age and gender are critical for defining the target population for GC surveillance, the downward trends of the cost indices were further investigated in the age (50–59 year vs. ≥ 60 year) and gender (male vs. female) subgroups. In Figures 2 and 3, cost indices experienced a slow ...
The first step to preventive healthcare is knowing what car you have. In other words, what ailments you may be predisposed to. That’s where prevention comes in. Healthcare is not about statistics or national demographics – it’s about knowing your own body and preparing, with your doctor...
Singapore Department of Statistics. The Census of Population 2020, Statistical Release 1—Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion (PDF). 2021. Available online: https://www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/news/press16062021.pdf (accessed on 26 June 2021). Thomas, J.; Barbato...