• In 1986, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) created the Pregnancy-Related Mortality Surveillance System to monitor maternal deaths during pregnancy and up to one year after giving birth. (wikipedia.org)
  • The disconcerting statistics for 2021 indicate a maternal mortality rate of 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, a significant increase from 2020's rate of 23.8 and 2019's rate of 20.1, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (wsws.org)
  • 7985 black and white adults aged 45 years or older. (nih.gov)
  • PRINCIPLES: It is crucial for aging societies to evaluate trends in cancer mortality rates of older adults. (smw.ch)
  • This study examined socio-demographic and regional characteristics specifically focused on the cancer mortality experience of older adults in Switzerland. (smw.ch)
  • CONCLUSION: This comprehensive epidemiological analysis of cancer mortality trends in older adults provides further evidence that in Switzerland (like other developed countries) cancer is a disease of aging with important gender-age-specific variations representing major public health challenges for aging societies. (smw.ch)
  • The sample consisted of 2004 (1,355 living and 649 dead) older adults. (scielosp.org)
  • Older adults' demographic characteristics and life conditions were evaluated, as were the socioeconomic and lifestyle conditions they acquired during their adult life. (scielosp.org)
  • A study conducted in a cohort of hospitalized adults with HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) in Khayelitsha found that having a detectable cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load was associated with higher mortality within the first 12 weeks on TB treatment, according to Amy Ward from the University of Cape Town, who presented the findings at the 21st International AIDS Conference last month in Durban. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • Nevertheless, among older adults (36 years old or older), both the likelihood of early mortality and CMV viremia were increased, 'perhaps reflecting premature aging of the immune system,' Ward suggested. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • Objective To determine the association between recommended physical activity according to the 2018 physical activity guidelines for Americans and all cause and cause specific mortality using a nationally representative sample of US adults. (bmj.com)
  • Participants 479 856 adults aged 18 years or older. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Adults who engage in leisure time aerobic and muscle strengthening activities at levels recommended by the 2018 physical activity guidelines for Americans show greatly reduced risk of all cause and cause specific mortality. (bmj.com)
  • To test their hypothesis that the presence of PH in patients with ARDS is associated with worse outcomes, Kumar and colleagues drew on the National Inpatient Sample database for information on adults aged 18 years and older who had been diagnosed with ARDS with or without PH. (medscape.com)
  • There have been many studies conducted identifying hip fracture risk in older adults. (springer.com)
  • In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for older groups (especially women) while it decreased for children and young adults. (repec.org)
  • A recent study that includes data from more than 2,000 older adults finds an association between poor sense of smell and an increased risk of death. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Aside from olfaction's potential to predict disease, other studies have shown that olfactory impairment increases the risk of death in older adults. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In older adults, weight loss also increases mortality risk. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Septicemia is the 10th leading cause of death among older adults in the U.S. (cdc.gov)
  • Older adults tend to have poorer outlooks after bowel obstruction surgery than younger adults. (healthline.com)
  • Importance: Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) with acquired pathogenic variants in myeloid leukemia driver genes is common in older adults but of unknown prognostic value. (lu.se)
  • 001). Conclusions and Relevance: In this cohort study, the CHRS was associated with all-cause, HM-related, and cardiovascular disease mortality in older adults with CH and may be useful in shared decision-making to guide clinical management and identify appropriate candidates for clinical trials. (lu.se)
  • RESULTS: Cancer mortality, except for lung cancer, increased with advancing age. (smw.ch)
  • Younger old women living alone or in suburban areas had the most sharpest increase in lung cancer mortality rates. (smw.ch)
  • Switzerland statistics of cancer mortality 1984-2008. (smw.ch)
  • Levi F, Lucchini F, La Vecchia C. Trends in cancer mortality in Switzerland, 1980-2001. (smw.ch)
  • Breast cancer mortality trends in the United States according to estrogen receptor status and age at diagnosis. (smw.ch)
  • Doria-Rose VP, Marcus PM. Death certificates provide an adequate source of cause of death information when evaluating lung cancer mortality: an example from the Mayo Lung Project. (smw.ch)
  • Breast cancer mortality rates were similar between women receiving BCS plus RT and women receiving mastectomy (adjusted HR=1.08, 95% CI, 0.79 to 1.48). (healthpartners.com)
  • In the subset of 886 chemotherapy-naive women treated with tamoxifen, those treated with tamoxifen for less than 1 year had a substantially higher breast cancer mortality rate than those exposed 5 years or more (adjusted HR=6.26, 95% CI, 3.10 to 12.64). (healthpartners.com)
  • Methods We collected, harmonised and standardised population-wide data on all-cause and lung-cancer mortality by age, gender, educational and occupational level in 14 European populations in 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. (bmj.com)
  • Cohort studies investigating the association of combined lifestyle factors with risks of incident cancer and cancer mortality were selected. (nature.com)
  • 30 studies with 1.8 million participants) for cancer mortality. (nature.com)
  • SAN ANTONIO -- Breast cancer mortality rates continue to decline in many nations, but a review of mortality trends in 47 countries around the world indicates some significant disparities, particularly in South Korea and some Latin American nations, according to results presented at the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10. (eurekalert.org)
  • Comparing mortality trends between countries helps identify which health care systems have been the most efficient at reducing breast cancer mortality. (eurekalert.org)
  • Overall, breast cancer mortality declined in 39 out of 47 countries, including the United States and most developed European nations. (eurekalert.org)
  • South Korea had the most dramatic increase in breast cancer mortality, with an 83 percent increase overall and higher mortality in every age group. (eurekalert.org)
  • However, the breast cancer mortality rate is still lower than the rate in the United States (5.3 per 100,000 women in South Korea compared with 14 per 100,000 women in the United States in the 2011-2013 period). (eurekalert.org)
  • Such quick changes might explain the considerable shift in cancer mortality. (eurekalert.org)
  • This finding underlines the difficulty of isolating a single, common factor that would have a major influence on mortality trends," Pizot said, adding that future research on breast cancer mortality should focus on other facets of breast cancer management, including risk factors, drug therapies, access to care, and the use of multidisciplinary teams. (eurekalert.org)
  • Physical inactivity and poor sleep are two lifestyle behaviours adversely associated with all-cause, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancer mortality. (bmj.com)
  • METHODS: This study included all individuals ≥65 years based on 1990/2000 censuses linked to mortality records to end of 2008 in the Swiss National Cohort. (smw.ch)
  • Flexible parametric survival analysis methods were used to analyse time to mortality and also time to revision. (bmj.com)
  • Methods 380 055 participants aged 55.9 (8.1) years (55% women) from the UK Biobank were included. (bmj.com)
  • Methods: The study was performed in the OPRA cohort of 75-year old community-dwelling women (n = 1044). (lu.se)
  • In 1986, the CDC began tracking pregnancy-related deaths to gather information and determine what was causing these deaths by creating the Pregnancy-Related Mortality Surveillance System. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to a 2010-2011 report although the United States was spending more on healthcare than any other country in the world, more than two women died during childbirth every day, making maternal mortality in the United States the highest (12.7 deaths per 100,000 births) when compared to 49 other countries in the developed world. (wikipedia.org)
  • The CDC reported an increase in the maternal mortality ratio in the United States from 18.8 deaths per 100,000 births to 23.8 deaths per 100,000 births between 2000 and 2014, a 26.6% increase. (wikipedia.org)
  • After decades of inaction on the part of the U.S. Congress towards reducing the maternal mortality ratio, the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations voted on June 28, 2018, to request $50 million to prevent the pregnancy-related deaths of American women. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the 1930s Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs), state and local committees that review pregnancy-related deaths, formed in New York City and Philadelphia in response to high maternal mortality rates. (wikipedia.org)
  • MMRCs have grown and shrunk in popularity since, but the CDC now recommends MMRC data as the gold standard for understanding the causes of maternal mortality and planning intervention.The reasoning is that MMRCs are uniquely poised to identify opportunities for action despite difficulties in classifying deaths as pregnancy-related. (wikipedia.org)
  • 65, 65-74, 75-84, 85+ years) mortality rates were calculated as observed (cancer deaths/person years) and expected from Poisson models adjusted for changes in death record coding over follow-up. (smw.ch)
  • This report on Mortality presents up-to-date statistics as well as trends on deaths from these chronic diseases. (aihw.gov.au)
  • Between 1981 and 2011, the CVD death rate for males fell by 71% (from 689 to 202 deaths per 100,000 population), and for females by 67% (from 440 to 145 deaths per 100,000). (aihw.gov.au)
  • Relative mortality declines were greater among men than women for cancer, respiratory and injury-related deaths. (bmj.com)
  • The absolute decline in circulatory deaths was greater among men, although relative deciles were similar to women. (bmj.com)
  • The overall pregnancy-related mortality ratio was 9.2 deaths per 100,000 live births. (cdc.gov)
  • for women who died following a live birth (i.e., 55% of the deaths), the leading causes of death were pregnancy-induced hypertension complications, pulmonary embolism, and hemorrhage. (cdc.gov)
  • The Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for the United States listed maternal mortality as a priority area for improvement, including specific goals of no more than 3.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births overall, and no more than 5.0 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births among black women (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The pregnancy-related mortality ratios (i.e., pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births) for black women are more than three times higher than for white women (3). (cdc.gov)
  • In an op-ed in the L.A. Times , Jennifer Block further contextualizes last month's surprising news that the U.S. maternal mortality rate rose to 13 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2004. (ourbodiesourselves.org)
  • That amounts to the deaths of 540 women in 2004, 45 more than were reported in 2003 when the rate was 12 deaths per 100,000 live births. (ourbodiesourselves.org)
  • Even more disturbing is the racial disparity: Black women are nearly four times as likely to die during childbirth than white women, with a staggering rate of 34.7 deaths per 100,000. (ourbodiesourselves.org)
  • When it does, women suffer more infections, hemorrhages and deaths, and babies are more likely to be born prematurely or die," writes Block, adding that at some U.S. hospitals, nearly half of all births are delivered surgically. (ourbodiesourselves.org)
  • In 2019, males ages 1-4 had a death rate of 25 per 100,000 compared with 21 deaths per 100,000 for females. (childstats.gov)
  • Among children ages 5-14, males had a death rate of 15 deaths per 100,000 compared with 12 per 100,000 for females. (childstats.gov)
  • included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female . (nationmaster.com)
  • In this study, Pizot and colleagues extracted information on breast cancer deaths from the World Health Organization database and calculated mortality rates over the years 1987-2013, stratifying results according to age groups. (eurekalert.org)
  • In the United States, the mortality rate declined 42 percent, from 22 deaths per 100,000 women in 1987-1989 to 14 deaths per 100,000 women in 2011-2013. (eurekalert.org)
  • Notably, Louisiana stands out with the fifth-highest maternal mortality rate nationwide, reporting 39 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. (wsws.org)
  • Notwithstanding these disparities prior to the pandemic, deaths have increased for not only both demographics, but the overwhelming majority of these women were poor and working-class. (wsws.org)
  • Deaths among women, regardless of racial and ethnic demographic, rose by 140 percent, from 505 in 1999 to 1,210 in 2019. (wsws.org)
  • 1981). However, no deaths (O/10) occurred in rats exposed to 400 ppm for 4 hours, and there was 100% mortality at 700 ppm and above. (cdc.gov)
  • Mortality by CHRS risk group was 128 deaths (22.8%) for low risk, 93 (29.2%) for intermediate risk, and 33 (56.9%) for high risk. (lu.se)
  • In addition, persistent social inequalities in mortality exist and differentially affect men and women. (bmj.com)
  • Since the Black Report was published by the Working Group on Inequalities in Health in 1980, social inequalities in mortality have been an important public health issue in many countries. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions The large decline in mortality sex ratios in a Canadian province with universal healthcare over two decades signals an important population shift. (bmj.com)
  • The disparity between pregnancy-related mortality ratios for black women and white women increased from 3.4 times greater in 1987 to 4.1 times greater in 1990. (cdc.gov)
  • Interpretation: Pregnancy-related mortality ratios for black women continued, as noted in previously published surveillance reports, to be three to four times higher than those for white women. (cdc.gov)
  • Cox proportional hazard regression, with age as the time scale, was used to calculate hazard ratios (HR) associated with impairment and mortality due to all-causes and specifically CVD after a median follow-up of 5.3 years. (cdc.gov)
  • highest rates in older men with compulsory education. (smw.ch)
  • Several reports highlight deterioration in some key health indicators, such as rates of infant mortality. (who.int)
  • BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of all-cause and breast cancer-specific mortality after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) only, BCS plus radiation therapy (RT), mastectomy, and the receipt of adjuvant tamoxifen in a large population-based cohort of older women with early-stage disease. (healthpartners.com)
  • We compared cause-specific 10-year mortality rates across treatment categories by fitting Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for demographics and tumor characteristics. (healthpartners.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that older women receiving BCS alone have higher rates of breast cancer death than those receiving BCS + RT or mastectomy and that the survival benefit from tamoxifen increases with increasing duration of treatment. (healthpartners.com)
  • Objectives To examine mortality and revision rates among patients with osteoarthritis undergoing hip arthroplasty and to compare these rates between patients undergoing cemented or uncemented procedures and to compare outcomes between men undergoing stemmed total hip replacements and Birmingham hip resurfacing. (bmj.com)
  • Our investigations additionally consider mortality rates and suggest a potentially higher mortality rate with cemented total hip replacements, which merits further investigation. (bmj.com)
  • From 2000 onwards, all-cause mortality rates of high-income men were lower than those seen among low-income women. (bmj.com)
  • 4 Recently, however, several additional studies have examined the relation of physical activity to death rates in women. (bmj.com)
  • In addition to confirming that physical activity is indeed associated with lower death rates in women, we wanted to compare the magnitude of association observed with that seen in studies of men. (bmj.com)
  • I (and I expect most others) feel these small differences in mortality rates are more likely due to chance, and do not represent a systematic safety difference. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Ironically, as hospitals improve their processes of care, and the quality improves across the board, this signal/noise ratio will only worsen, making 30-day mortality rates even less useful. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The HRs showed progressively decreased rates of mortality in women with higher calibrated dietary energy intakes (P-trend = 0.003), higher calibrated dietary protein intakes (P-trend = 0.03), higher aMED scores (P-trend = 0.006), and higher DASH scores (P-trend = 0.02). (haifa.ac.il)
  • Among both younger and older children, males have higher death rates than females. (childstats.gov)
  • Men tend to have higher literacy rates than women (91.7 versus 81% percent) 7 . (cdc.gov)
  • Mortality rates of Black women from perinatal complications are also notably higher than for white women, according to the NCHS. (worldpressphoto.org)
  • The jury awards this story with an honorable mention as it portrays sensitive relationships of trust in Black communities, and offers a glimpse of hope amidst the reality of the inequality of high mortality rates during childbirth and in infancy in North America. (worldpressphoto.org)
  • Crude CHD, ischaemic stroke, and total mortality rates were higher in the presence of MetS in men and women. (mja.com.au)
  • and women under 50 years old, who are diagnosed with lung cancer at higher rates than men of the same age. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Age-standardised mortality rates of each subcohort were calculated. (bmj.com)
  • Differences in mortality rates between KSOC 2 and KSOC 9 (M: 289.9, F: 70.1) and the rate ratio of KSCO9 to KSCO2 (M: 2.39, F: 1.75) were higher in men. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Substantial differences in mortality rates by occupation were identified. (bmj.com)
  • Mortality rates were significantly higher in men with HI and DSI and were elevated, although not significantly, among women with HI. (cdc.gov)
  • Investigators found that rates of pancreatic cancer increased among both women and men. (upi.com)
  • But rates among women under the age of 55 rose 2.4% higher than rates among men of the same age. (upi.com)
  • While rates of pancreatic cancer are increasing for both men and women, they're climbing the fastest among young women, particularly those who are Black. (upi.com)
  • Similar increased rates were observed among older men and women. (upi.com)
  • And rates among young Black women rose just over 2% higher than among young Black men. (upi.com)
  • Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates. (nationmaster.com)
  • for example, Brazil and Colombia saw mortality rates increase in women of all age groups, while in Argentina and Chile mortality rates decreased in all women. (eurekalert.org)
  • Globally, mortality rates declined more for women under 50 than for women over 50. (eurekalert.org)
  • The sharp rise in maternal mortality rates over the years has raised concern among healthcare professionals as the US leads the world in such rates among developed nations, with a 10-fold likelihood of dying due to pregnancy-related issues when compared to countries like Norway and Spain. (wsws.org)
  • A study published June 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined maternal mortality rates from 1999 to 2019, concluding before the onset of the pandemic. (wsws.org)
  • The results revealed that the highest maternal mortality rates were experienced by black mothers, while the most significant upsurges in mortality occurred among American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. (wsws.org)
  • In a 2016 study , researchers found that the 30-day and 90-day mortality rates for 323 people undergoing emergency laparotomy for small bowel obstruction were 13% and 17%, respectively. (healthline.com)
  • A computer assisted literature search was performed (Medline, 1966-2000) to examine the association of physical activity with all cause mortality in women. (bmj.com)
  • We studied socioeconomic inequalities in smoking-attributable mortality and their contribution to inequalities in total mortality in 1990-1994 and 2000-2004 in 14 European countries. (bmj.com)
  • Results In 2000-2004, smoking-attributable mortality was higher in lower socioeconomic groups in all countries among men, and in all countries except Spain, Italy and Slovenia, among women, and the contribution of smoking to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality varied between 19% and 55% among men, and between −1% and 56% among women. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions In many European countries, smoking has become less important as a determinant of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among men, but not among women. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions: The current study highlights the importance of nutrition in older, frail women. (haifa.ac.il)
  • Conclusions: older men with HI or DSI had a greater risk of dying from any cause and particularly cardiovascular causes within a median 5-year follow-up. (cdc.gov)
  • Over half the participants were women and the median age was 36. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • A total of 12,097 participants (aged ≥50 years) were eligible for fracture analysis and 34,468 for non-fatal CVD and mortality analyses. (nih.gov)
  • Data on participants included demographic characteristics, comorbidities, medications, mortality, and stroke were extracted from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Registry, Risstroke, the Swedish National Patient Register, and the Swedish Total Population Register. (hcplive.com)
  • When they delved deeper into the data, they also found that the increased mortality risk affected men and women alike and both black and white participants. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Among these participants, poor olfaction was associated with 62% higher all-cause mortality at year 10 and 40% higher all-cause mortality at year 13, whereas we did not note any association among participants with fair-to-poor health. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The project is expected to improve health outcomes by decreasing infant mortality and morbidity, maternal mortality and obstetric complications, and related ensuing disabilities. (who.int)
  • Despite design limitations common to drug therapy trials for c-IBS (e.g., subjective outcomes, high placebo response rate), tegaserod is at least somewhat effective at relieving troublesome symptoms in women. (aafp.org)
  • Although there is good evidence on best practice in surgical, medical and rehabilitation care following hip fracture, such care and its outcomes - in terms of return home and also of mortality - continues to vary. (data.gov.uk)
  • Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and secondary outcomes were HM mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality, and death from other causes. (lu.se)
  • However, there was no clear evidence that CMV was the direct cause of increased mortality, and after adjustment for other risk factors, the strength of association with mortality was no longer statistically significant for the overall cohort. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • Also, the investigators could not demonstrate whether a reduction in the sense of smell was due to other health conditions that were the primary cause of increased mortality. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Of note, there could be a precedent for this in other severe immune suppression conditions, such as in people who have had organ transplants, where CMV viremia is directly related to increased mortality. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • Other factors associated with increased mortality were increasing age, having a lower CD4 count, and lower albumin levels. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • Vision impairment alone was not associated with increased mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • And we need to speak this truth because today, the United States is 1 of only 13 countries in the world where the rate of maternal mortality is worse than it was 25 years ago. (wikipedia.org)
  • The study's authors, T. J. Mathews and Dr. Brady Hamilton, ascribed this increase in part to the shift in first births to women 35 years and older. (cdc.gov)
  • However, increased health risks to older mothers-especially those 40 years and older-and their infants are well documented. (cdc.gov)
  • years for men and 62.8 years for women. (cdc.gov)
  • Automated administrative databases, medical records, and tumor registries were used to identify women aged 65 years or older who received BCS or mastectomy to treat stage I or II breast cancer diagnosed from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1994. (healthpartners.com)
  • A total of 41,514 men and women (∼99% aged 40 to 69 years at baseline) were followed up for a mean (SD) of 12 (1.5) years. (nih.gov)
  • For five years, Mathilde went back and forth to doctors but claims she was told her pain was "normal" for a woman and even sent for cognitive behaviour therapy for medical anxiety. (yahoo.com)
  • The largest absolute mortality gains were seen among men over the age of 85 years. (bmj.com)
  • The data represent a true population-based picture of mortality trends in the context of a universal healthcare system and cover 20 years, allowing for stable observations regarding persistent trends. (bmj.com)
  • Older women, particularly women aged greater than or equal to 35 years, were at increased risk for pregnancy-related death. (cdc.gov)
  • Investigators used propensity score-matched Cox regression models to examine the association between ever use of statins in 3 years before dementia, all-cause mortality and stroke. (hcplive.com)
  • Patients younger than 75 years older saw a 27% reduction in mortality risk and men saw 26% reduction. (hcplive.com)
  • and 64 years old female). (who.int)
  • The cohort consisted of 45,046 home care clients aged 65 years and older, in New Zealand. (springer.com)
  • The cohort consisted of 61% female with a mean age of 82.7 years. (springer.com)
  • Some women lose up to 25% of bone mass in the first 10 years after menopause. (womenshealth.gov)
  • One in four Mexican-American women and about one in six white women over 50 years old have osteoporosis. (womenshealth.gov)
  • Bobcats can live up to 10-12 years old in the wild, but their average life expectancy is closer to 5-7 years. (animal-world.com)
  • 2805 men and women aged 60 years and older living in the community, first assessed in 1988-1989 and followed for 16 years. (mja.com.au)
  • The median age of women undergoing menopause is 52 years. (medscape.com)
  • [ 1 ] Most women have hot flashes for 6 months to 2 years. (medscape.com)
  • However, one study group reported that 26% of women had hot flashes for 6-10 years and that 10% had them for more than 10 years. (medscape.com)
  • 67 years, 43.4% male, who completed vision and hearing examinations between 2002 and 2006 in the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (AGES-RS) and were followed prospectively for mortality through 2009. (cdc.gov)
  • The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. (nationmaster.com)
  • Life expectancy at birth, female (years). (nationmaster.com)
  • Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. (nationmaster.com)
  • Results After an average follow-up of 11.1 years, sleep scores showed dose-response associations with all-cause, total CVD and ischaemic stroke mortality. (bmj.com)
  • In a 2022 study , researchers examined the survival rate of people 40 to 74 years old and people over the age of 75 who were treated for bowel obstruction between 2009 and 2019. (healthline.com)
  • Most healthy and active people do not need the expertise of a geriatrician (a doctor who specializes in the care of older people) until they are 70, 75, or even 80 years old. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Coronary heart disease (CHD) events, ischaemic stroke events, and total mortality. (mja.com.au)
  • Mortality risks were ascertained to May 2020 for all-cause, total cardiovascular disease (CVD), CVD subtypes (coronary heart disease, haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke), as well as total cancer and lung cancer. (bmj.com)
  • Clinical value of the metabolic syndrome for long term prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: prospective, population based cohort study. (mja.com.au)
  • MCHB's Healthy Start was mandated to reduce the infant mortality rate. (wikipedia.org)
  • In multivariable analyses restricted to men, there was a higher mortality rate in the cemented group and the uncemented group compared with the Birmingham hip resurfacing group. (bmj.com)
  • During the extended 10 year follow up, diuretic based therapy was associated with a lower rate of CV mortality, which was not observed during the 4.3 year double blind phase of the study. (bmj.com)
  • The in-hospital mortality rate was 36.8% among patients with PH, compared with 24.6% among those without. (medscape.com)
  • Currently, a 13% 30-day all-cause mortality rate for heart failure places a hospital in the top 20%, whereas an 11% rate puts them in the bottom 20%," according to an accompanying editorial by Paul Heidenreich, MD, of California's VA Palo Alto Health Care System. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In 2020, Black women had the highest rate of c-sections nationally: 36.3 percent, compared with an average of 31.8 percent, according to the US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). (worldpressphoto.org)
  • The most prominent mortality rate difference was observed in external causes of death (M: 96.9, F: 21.6) and liver disease in men (38.3 per 100 000). (bmj.com)
  • Before calculating the value of mortality credits, we first need to estimate the internal rate of return that a purchaser of such an annuity could expect to earn, which is a function of expected longevity. (advisorperspectives.com)
  • The 3.60% works out to be the weighted average of the -100% and the mortality adjusted return, with the weights being the 1-year death rate and its complement, the survival probability. (advisorperspectives.com)
  • We can tell that the rate of pancreatic cancer among women is rising rapidly, which calls attention to the need for further research in this area," said senior study author Dr. Srinivas Gaddam , associate director of Pancreatic Biliary Research at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. (upi.com)
  • The mortality rate among women is not improving. (upi.com)
  • its mortality rate has steadily increased over the past decades. (cdc.gov)
  • At the beginning of the 20-year-long study in 1999, Louisiana held the macabre distinction of having the highest national mortality rate attributed to cancer. (wsws.org)
  • In the decade preceding the pandemic, Louisiana experienced a staggering 65 percent higher infant mortality rate due to preterm birth and low birth weight compared to the national average, as reported by data collected from the CDC. (wsws.org)
  • The mortality rate is the percentage of people who die during the procedure or shortly after. (healthline.com)
  • Researchers found people in the younger group had an in-hospital death rate of 8.9% compared with 18.2% for people in the older group. (healthline.com)
  • In a 2021 study , researchers found that the death rate of bowel obstruction surgery was significantly higher in women than men over the age of 65. (healthline.com)
  • The mortality rate was 10.6% in women and 2.6% in men. (healthline.com)
  • The scientists showed that those belonging to the group with the poor sense of smell had a 46% higher risk of mortality at the 10-year mark compared with those in the good olfaction category. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Mothers are currently confronted with a nearly fourfold higher risk of mortality compared to their own mothers when they underwent childbirth. (wsws.org)
  • Individuals whom the researchers deemed as having moderate olfaction also had an increased mortality risk: a 17% increase at year 10 and an 11% increase at year 13 compared with those in the good olfaction category. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • When working directly, these mechanisms could produce a positive or negative association regarding mortality risks during adulthood. (scielosp.org)
  • In summary, for older men and women, calcium intakes of up to 1348 (316) mg/d from food were associated with decreased risks for fracture, non-fatal CVD, stroke, and all-cause mortality. (nih.gov)
  • This study aimed to investigate the joint association of physical activity (PA) and sleep with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion The detrimental associations of poor sleep with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks are exacerbated by low PA, suggesting likely synergistic effects. (bmj.com)
  • Recent trends of cancer in Europe: a combined approach of incidence, survival and mortality for 17 cancer sites since the 1990s. (smw.ch)
  • Pizot said this reflects the fact that younger women tend to receive more intense treatments (such as longer courses of chemotherapy) which prolong their survival and may defer breast cancer death in older ages. (eurekalert.org)
  • The risk factors evaluated in this analysis confirmed the disparity in pregnancy-related mortality between white women and black women, but the reason(s) for this difference could not be determined from the available information. (cdc.gov)
  • Actions Taken: Continued surveillance and additional studies should be conducted to assess the magnitude of pregnancy-related mortality, to identify those differences that contribute to the continuing race-specific disparity in pregnancy-related mortality, and to provide information that policy makers can use to develop effective strategies to prevent pregnancy-related mortality for all women. (cdc.gov)
  • Osteoporosis affects mostly older women, but prevention starts when you are younger. (womenshealth.gov)
  • 4 But younger women can get osteoporosis. (womenshealth.gov)
  • For example, an 80-year-old who works, plans, looks forward to future events, and participates in many activities is considered psychologically younger. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Previous studies have relied on self-reporting to evaluate the total volume of sedentary time as a prognostic risk factor for mortality and have not examined whether the manner in which sedentary time is accrued (in short or long bouts) carries prognostic relevance. (nih.gov)
  • 0.001) were both associated with a higher risk for all-cause mortality. (nih.gov)
  • Both the total volume of sedentary time and its accrual in prolonged, uninterrupted bouts are associated with all-cause mortality, suggesting that physical activity guidelines should target reducing and interrupting sedentary time to reduce risk for death. (nih.gov)
  • That risk is even higher for Black women, who are three to four times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related causes. (wikipedia.org)
  • In that context, CMV is treated in order to reduce the risk of progression to illness and death -- suggesting that if CMV plays a similar role in individuals with HIV-associated TB, it may be worth conducting a trial to see whether CMV treatment might reduce mortality. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • In a univariate analysis, having a detectable CMV viral load was associated with twice the risk of 12-week mortality. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • In addition, race-specific differences between black women and white women persist in the risk for pregnancy-related death. (cdc.gov)
  • The pregnancy-related mortality ratio for black women was consistently higher than for white women for every risk factor examined by race. (cdc.gov)
  • The gestational age-adjusted risk for pregnancy-related death was 7.7 times higher for women who received no prenatal care than for women who received 'adequate' prenatal care. (cdc.gov)
  • Moreover, there have been continuing disparities in the risk for pregnancy-related death between black women and white women (2). (cdc.gov)
  • To further understand and evaluate the risk factors for and leading causes of pregnancy-related death, the National Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System was initiated in 1988 by CDC's Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, in collaboration with the CDC/American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Maternal Mortality Study Group (8). (cdc.gov)
  • Among more than 156,000 hospitalized patients with ARDS, 16.8% of whom also had a diagnosis of PH, the presence of PH was associated with about a 50% higher risk for in-hospital mortality and a 37% higher risk for longer hospital stays. (medscape.com)
  • Physical activity before and after the menopause may have different influences on subsequent mortality, because the onset of the menopause is associated with a less favourable cardiovascular risk factor profile. (bmj.com)
  • Additionally, patients with vascular dementia saw a 29% lower mortality risk. (hcplive.com)
  • Current ways to risk-adjust heart failure mortality as a measure of hospital-level quality are insufficient, suggested a study showing that accounting for do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders reshuffles institutional rankings. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In Europe, smoking is not only the largest avoidable health risk in the general population, 2 but it also constitutes the single most important contributor to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, at least among men. (bmj.com)
  • New British research suggests that disabling back pain puts women in their seventies at an increased risk of death. (yourlawyer.com)
  • Males and females had different significant risk factors. (springer.com)
  • Are some women more at risk for osteoporosis? (womenshealth.gov)
  • 6 Asian-American women also have a higher risk for osteoporosis because they are usually smaller and thinner than other women and therefore may have less bone density. (womenshealth.gov)
  • Delay in the initiation of appropriate antibiotic therapy has been recognized as a risk factor for mortality. (researchgate.net)
  • In addition, there was a linear increase in the risk of mortality for each hour delay in antibiotic administration. (researchgate.net)
  • To assess whether a diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) improves the prediction of cardiovascular disease or total mortality beyond that already provided by conventional risk factors. (mja.com.au)
  • A diagnosis of MetS provides additional prediction of CHD events, stroke events, and total mortality beyond that provided by other conventional risk factors. (mja.com.au)
  • Adopting healthy lifestyles is associated with substantial risk reduction in cancer morbidity and mortality, and thus should be given priority for cancer prevention. (nature.com)
  • An often-touted advantage of annuities is that they offer mortality credits due to the pooling of mortality risk - survivors receive a return boost from those who die. (advisorperspectives.com)
  • Women with hearing impairment had a non-significantly elevated risk. (cdc.gov)
  • The metabolic syndrome and total and cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged men. (mja.com.au)
  • A pulmonologist who was not involved in the study told Medscape Medical News that the findings of the trial suggest that PH may have a grester influence on mortality than is currently understood and that further investigations into this association could change practice in the future. (medscape.com)
  • Since 1990-1994, absolute inequalities in smoking-attributable mortality and the contribution of smoking to inequalities in total mortality have decreased in most countries among men, but increased among women. (bmj.com)
  • Background Smoking contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, but the extent to which this contribution has changed over time and driven widening or narrowing inequalities in total mortality remains unknown. (bmj.com)
  • Does a diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome provide additional prediction of cardiovascular disease and total mortality in the elderly? (mja.com.au)
  • Main outcome measures All cause mortality and cause specific mortality (cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory tract diseases, accidents and injuries, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes mellitus, influenza and pneumonia, and nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, or nephrosis) obtained from the National Death Index records. (bmj.com)
  • In addition, similar patterns were reported for cause specific mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory tract diseases. (bmj.com)
  • We calculated absolute and relative mortality sex differences for all-cause and cause-specific mortality, age-adjusted and age-specific, including the following causes: circulatory, cancers, respiratory and injuries. (bmj.com)
  • Absolute and relative sex-specific mortality trends were analysed by cause, age and socioeconomic status (SES) to measure the extent to which sex convergence has been taking place. (bmj.com)
  • For inclusion in this review, the papers had to present results specifically for women, use the end point of all cause mortality (rather than cause specific mortality, such as cardiovascular disease mortality), and examine the association of physical activity or fitness with all cause mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Objective The present study sought to identify inequalities in cause-specific mortality across different occupational groups in Korea. (bmj.com)
  • Main outcome measures Hip arthroplasty procedures were linked to the time to any subsequent mortality or revision (implant failure). (bmj.com)
  • A recent NCHS Data Brief, drawing on data collected through the National Vital Statistics System, has received nationwide media attention for its findings on first-time births to older mothers. (cdc.gov)
  • Data Brief No. 152, " First Births to Older Women Continue to Rise ," found significant increases over the past four decades in the average age of women at the birth of their first child. (cdc.gov)
  • The story highlights the pandemic trend towards at-home births and midwifery, but also illustrates the resilience of Black women to develop their own solutions to a medical system, in which they cannot trust. (worldpressphoto.org)
  • They are reviewing maternal mortality to enhance understanding of the increase in the maternal mortality ratio in the United States, and to identify preventative interventions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Compared with women receiving mastectomy, those receiving BCS without RT were twice as likely to die of breast cancer (adjusted hazards ratio [HR]=2.19, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.51 to 3.18). (healthpartners.com)
  • Patients who developed diabetes during follow up had higher mortality than did those who did not develop diabetes in the placebo group (47% v 40%, hazard ratio [HR] 1.3, 95% CI 1.1 to 1.7) but not in the stepped care group (39% v 40%, HR 1.2, CI 0.9 to 1.4). (bmj.com)
  • The age-adjusted male-to-female mortality ratio dropped 41.4%, falling from 1.47 to 1.28. (bmj.com)
  • Heidenreich emphasized that 30-day heart failure mortality, as a quality measure, is "only as good as its signal-to-noise ratio. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Investigators point out that, due to the study's design, they were unable to prove that statins cause a decline in mortality and can only show an association. (hcplive.com)
  • For this reason, we can only show an association, and not definitely prove that statins caused this decline in mortality. (hcplive.com)
  • England and Wales had the sharpest drop in mortality, with a 46 percent decline. (eurekalert.org)
  • He added, "the signal (variation in mortality due to quality differences) is small compared with the noise (variation in mortality due to everything else). (medpagetoday.com)
  • Numerous studies have investigated the relationship between socioeconomic position and mortality in Korea, but there have been few detailed reports of differences between occupation groups because most studies categorise occupations simply into manual and non-manual labour. (bmj.com)
  • Gaddam plans to research the causes of these trends, including examining potential differences between pancreatic tumors in women and in men. (upi.com)
  • Differences in health care systems and patient management could explain discrepancies in mortality reduction between similar countries," Pizot said. (eurekalert.org)
  • In their 2017 report, four states, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, and Ohio, supported the development of the Maternal Mortality Review Data System (MMRDS) which was intended as a precursor to the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA). (wikipedia.org)
  • Among the cohort with PH, there were higher proportions of older patients, women, and patients with multiple comorbidities. (medscape.com)
  • Ward and colleagues decided to first conduct a prospective study to better characterize the association of CMV with mortality in people hospitalized with HIV-associated TB. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • RESULTS: We identified 1,837 women having operations for stage I or II breast cancer. (healthpartners.com)
  • When these variables, plus HIV viral load, TB blood culture results, and sex were included in a multivariate analysis, having detectable CMV was still associated with a 70% increase in mortality, though the p-value (0.077) did not quite reach significance. (hivandhepatitis.com)
  • Results In the 20-year period, age-adjusted mortality dropped 39.2% and 29.8%, respectively, among men and women. (bmj.com)
  • What is influenza-associated pediatric mortality? (texas.gov)
  • Influenza-associated pediatric mortality is reportable by law to the health department. (texas.gov)
  • Some women have to travel over an hour to receive either OB-GYN care or pediatric care for their children. (wsws.org)
  • Given public reporting of heart failure mortality measurements and their influence on reimbursement, accounting for the presence of early DNR orders in quality measures should be considered," the investigators suggested. (medpagetoday.com)