• However, no systematic review has summarised the relations of combined lifestyle factors with cancer morbidity and mortality. (nature.com)
  • 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)
  • Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality globally. (who.int)
  • 1 morbidity and mortality globally. (who.int)
  • We conducted this study to identify common causes of peritonitis among Rwandan children and factors affecting morbidity and mortality. (ajol.info)
  • The analysis included Pearson's chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression to determine factors associated with morbidity and mortality. (ajol.info)
  • Peritonitis among children is common and bears significant morbidity and mortality at our centre. (ajol.info)
  • The NHEFS was designed to investigate the relationships between clinical, nutritional, and behavioral factors assessed in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES I and subsequent morbidity, mortality, and hospital utilization, as well as changes in risk factors, functional limitation, and institutionalization. (cdc.gov)
  • In acromegaly, a severe disease that is often diagnosed late, morbidity and mortality rates are high, particularly as a result of associated cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory disorders and malignancies. (medscape.com)
  • Zinc deficiency is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. (worldhunger.org)
  • Iron deficient anemia is known to slow brain development in children and is a key predictor of morbidity and mortality. (worldhunger.org)
  • It is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for adverse health outcomes and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite the use of plasma exchanges and intravenous immunoglobulins, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) still carries non-negligible morbidity and mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Wide zip code-level variations in the IMR and key maternal risk factors existed in both counties. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to examine associations between maternal risk factors and infant deaths to inform strategies to improve outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Cohort-linked birth and infant death records from 2011 through 2015 provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services were analyzed by using logistic regression to examine associations of maternal sociodemographic and pregnancy risk factors with infant death. (cdc.gov)
  • Variations in IMR and key maternal risk factors observed at the zip code level helped drive local strategies to maximize outreach of services to disproportionately affected communities. (cdc.gov)
  • Given the high prevalence of racial and ethnic minority disparities in infant mortality and associated maternal risk factors, there is growing urgency to move evidence-informed research to practice and policy. (cdc.gov)
  • Behavior-related health risk factors, mental disorders and mortality after 20 years in a working aged general population sample. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mortality is predicted by the sum of behavior -related health risk factors (BRFs tobacco smoking , alcohol drinking , body overweight , and physical inactivity ). (bvsalud.org)
  • A sum score including eight ranks of the behavior -related health risk factors was built. (bvsalud.org)
  • We concluded that the sum score and combinations of behavior -related health risk factors predicted mortality , even after adjustment for mental disorders . (bvsalud.org)
  • The team analyzed data from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration and the UK Biobank. (medscape.com)
  • In this study, the major reason for death was vascular disease, and undertreatment of cardiovascular risk factors may have occurred in the younger individuals. (medscape.com)
  • I personally think the findings show that we should treat cardiovascular risk factors more aggressively in people diagnosed with [type 2] diabetes in their 30s and 40s," urged Peters. (medscape.com)
  • We need to be careful to risk reduce but take care of the 'whole person,' and if of childbearing age, consider the safest approaches to healthy management," she emphasized. (medscape.com)
  • To investigate this, the team analyzed individual records from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration and the UK Biobank. (medscape.com)
  • We hope that the mortality risk estimates from this model can be used by clinicians in a clinical context with patients and families to facilitate shared decision-making," said W. James Deardorff, MD, a geriatrician at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the San Francisco VA Health Care System, who helped conduct the study. (medscape.com)
  • A BMI of 18.5 or lower was associated with an increased risk of mortality, the study authors note. (medscape.com)
  • Women were at lower risk of earlier death within the 10-year period than men, the study found. (medscape.com)
  • The clinical decision tree was tested in a group of 32,229 patients hospitalized between March and July of 2003 and was found to be highly valid, identifying risk groups with in-hospital mortality rates between 2.3 and 19.8 percent. (aafp.org)
  • Two risk scores are included in the clinical decision rule, one to predict 30-day risk and one to predict one-year risk. (aafp.org)
  • Based on the clinical decision tree ( Figure 1 2 ) , the patient is in the intermediate risk 1 group, with an in-hospital mortality rate of 12.4 percent. (aafp.org)
  • Using the other clinical decision rule ( Table 1 3 ) , he has a 30-day mortality risk of 30.5 percent (72 − 40 + 30 + 44 + 10 = 116 points) and a one-year mortality risk of 66.3 percent (72 − 30 + 30 + 44 + 10 = 126 points). (aafp.org)
  • Cigarette smoking, a risk factor for prostate cancer death, has also declined. (cdc.gov)
  • Data on state smoking prevalence were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. (cdc.gov)
  • Current cigarette smoking, rather than past or cumulative smoking, is a risk factor for prostate cancer with aggressive pathologic characteristics and increased risk of recurrence and progression among men who have prostate cancer, and for prostate cancer mortality (8). (cdc.gov)
  • The National NCD strategy is our nation's response to the increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases, the risk factors that lead to these conditions and the threats that they pose to the health of the Seychellois. (who.int)
  • Understanding these diseases, their risk factors, and the interplay of social, cultural and economic factors, is crucially important in developing approaches to tackling noncommunicable diseases. (who.int)
  • The strategy is not only about reducing risk factors and diseases. (who.int)
  • Causes of infant mortality, or direct causes of death, differ from contributions to the IMR, as contributing factors raise the risk of death, but do not directly cause death. (wikipedia.org)
  • We applied cause-specific Cox proportional hazard models, accounting for competing risk, and age as time-scale to identify prognostic factors for NADM mortality. (natap.org)
  • Many studies worldwide have identified various risk factors for hip fracture. (springer.com)
  • However, risk factors for hip fracture have not been studied extensively in New Zealand. (springer.com)
  • Unadjusted and adjusted competing risk regressions, using the Fine and Gray method were used to identify risk factors for hip fracture. (springer.com)
  • Males and females had different significant risk factors. (springer.com)
  • Risk factors for hip fracture similar to international work on risk factors for hip fracture, can be identified using the New Zealand version of the interRAI home care assessment. (springer.com)
  • Risk factors identified by Stolee et al. (springer.com)
  • The risk of CHD events and CHD mortality increased with higher TSH concentrations. (nih.gov)
  • Results were similar after further adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors. (nih.gov)
  • Subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with an increased risk of CHD events and CHD mortality in those with higher TSH levels, particularly in those with a TSH concentration of 10 mIU/L or greater. (nih.gov)
  • A. Numa, G. Williams, J. Awad and B. Duffy, "After-Hours Admissions Are Not Associated with Increased Risk-Adjusted Mortality in Pediatric Intensive Care," Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2008, pp. 148-151. (scirp.org)
  • Self-rated health (SRH) and cardiorespiratory fitness (fitness) are independent risk factors for all-cause mortality. (bmj.com)
  • The purpose of this report is to examine the single and joint effects of these exposures on mortality risk. (bmj.com)
  • The combined analysis of SRH and fitness showed that fit men with good or excellent SRH had a 58% lower risk of mortality than their counterparts. (bmj.com)
  • We hypothesized that clinical risk factors could be identified within 2 weeks of onset of severe (stage 3 or 4) acute gut GVHD for identifying a patient population with a very poor outcome. (nature.com)
  • Among patients with stage 3-4 gut GVHD, the subgroup with 0, 1 or 2 risk factors had a favorable prognosis, whereas the subgroup with 3 or 4 risk factors had a dismal prognosis. (nature.com)
  • The aim of the present study was to analyse the role of potential selection processes and their impact when evaluating risk factors for 30-day mortality among patients hospitalised for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (ersjournals.com)
  • Using in-hospital 30-day mortality provides a significantly different estimate of the role of specific risk factors. (ersjournals.com)
  • In addition to the increased risk of developing endometrial cancer that is observed in women who use unopposed estrogen therapy or tamoxifen, a number of additional risk factors have been identified, and most appear to be related to estrogenic effects. (cancer.gov)
  • for MLH1 carriers the lifetime risk at age 70 years is 25% while MSH2 mutation carriers have a 35% to 40% lifetime risk of endometrial cancer by age 70 years. (cancer.gov)
  • Use of life course work-family profiles to predict mortality risk among US women. (cdc.gov)
  • Objectives: We examined relationships between US women's exposure to midlife work-family demands and subsequent mortality risk. (cdc.gov)
  • This method permitted identification of certain lifetime work-family profiles associated with mortality risk before age 75 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases share common risk factors with oral diseases;3 some of these factors, like excessive intake of sugar and alcohol, use of tobacco and poor oral hygiene, can be avoided. (who.int)
  • It has well-known risk factors: poverty, malnutrition, infectious diseases such as measles, malaria and HIV/AIDS. (who.int)
  • In the Eastern Cape, where the prevalence of poverty, TB and HIV is amongst the highest in South Africa, a recent study set out to determine the impact of risk factors on the prevalence of malnutrition amongst HIV infected children. (ennonline.net)
  • 50% (OR 2.064) were ICU mortality risk factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • PCT values were a higher predictive ICU mortality risk factor than SOFA and APACHE II scores. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Only age was a risk factor in 1-month and 1-year mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Procalcitonin increase in early identification of critically ill patients at high risk of mortality. (biomedcentral.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)
  • 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)
  • However, the researchers showed that dementia and Parkinson's disease accounted for just 22% of the increased risk of death at the 10-year mark. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In older adults, weight loss also increases mortality risk. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • When the authors investigated this as a confounding variable, they concluded that weight loss only accounted for 6% of the increased risk at 10 years. (medicalnewstoday.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)
  • Modifiable vascular and lifestyle-related risk factors have been associated with dementia risk in observational studies. (researchgate.net)
  • Inclusion criteria were CAIDE (Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia) Dementia Risk Score of at least 6 points and cognition at mean level or slightly lower than expected for age. (researchgate.net)
  • We randomly assigned participants in a 1:1 ratio to a 2 year multidomain intervention (diet, exercise, cognitive training, vascular risk monitoring), or a control group (general health advice). (researchgate.net)
  • Modified Ross Heart Failure Class 4 at the time of diagnosis was the most important risk factor for death during childhood (HR 12.5, 95% CI 4.4 to 35.9). (eur.nl)
  • In pregnancy, anemia can increase the risk of maternal and child mortality, complications during childbirth, and poor fetal development. (worldhunger.org)
  • However, a comprehensive understanding of the risk factors is lacking. (suicideinfo.ca)
  • In this study, we aimed to identify groups at an increased risk of suicide among patients aged ≥75 years with a previous cancer diagnosis. (suicideinfo.ca)
  • Conclusions: Men diagnosed with cancer at ≥75 years of age are at a higher risk of suicide than men of the same age in the general population. (suicideinfo.ca)
  • Hypertension, smoking, diabetes, and physical inactivity have been identified as modifiable risk factors for heart disease. (hindawi.com)
  • It led to the recognition of risk factors for CVD such as smoking, high blood pressure, an abnormal lipid profile, obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity, and psychosocial factors. (hindawi.com)
  • Asian Indians have been shown to manifest CVD at lower levels of these risk factors, as compared to other populations. (hindawi.com)
  • Epidemiological studies have been conducted in India to determine the prevalence and age-specific trends in cardiovascular risk factors among adolescents and young Asian Indians. (hindawi.com)
  • It was observed that the prevalence of multiple cardiovascular risk factors was low in adolescents, but rapid escalation of these risk factors occurred by the age 30-39 years [ 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Risk factors differed in the cases with early as compared with those having late onset of CAD. (hindawi.com)
  • Goel and colleagues [ 8 ] documented that in Indians the risk factors for CAD occur at much lower levels of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol than other populations. (hindawi.com)
  • Smoking and family history of premature CAD were the most common associated risk factors. (hindawi.com)
  • High cholesterol level, the major modifiable risk factor for heart disease, has both an environmental as well as a genetic component. (hindawi.com)
  • Smoking is considered the most significant risk factor. (medtronic.com)
  • Develop, as a proof of concept, a recurrent neural network model using electronic medical records data capable of continuously assessing an individual child's risk of mortality throughout their ICU stay as a proxy measure of severity of illness. (lww.com)
  • Design Random effects meta-analyses, calculating the overall relative risk for subsequent mortality among prospective cohort studies and the overall odds ratio for poor self rated health among cross sectional studies. (bmj.com)
  • Keep reading to learn more about the survival rates of bowel obstruction surgery and factors that increase the risk of severe complications. (healthline.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)
  • Reflecting these interests, the three broad foci of the survey are (1) socioeconomic status and mortality, (2) associates between risk factors and mortality, and (3) health care sought and provided in the last year of life. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: To evaluate the associations between influenza vaccination and other factors and the risk of mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. (elsevier.es)
  • We used a multivariate logistic regression to explore the association between influenza vaccination and mortality from COVID and other risk factors. (elsevier.es)
  • METHODS: The Industry and Occupation module data from 2013 and 2014 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey were used for the analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the Omicron variant predisposes to a lower risk of mortality than that from the previous variants of concern (VOC) of SARS-CoV-2, the Case fatality rate (CFR) remains high for cancer patients compared to individuals without significant comorbidities. (news-medical.net)
  • a recent study showed that patients undergoing elective surgery later in the week presented higher risk of death compared with patients having surgery on a Monday, 4 although some high-risk procedures did not show significant higher mortality on weekends compared with a weekday. (bmj.com)
  • A broad term that can be applied to any health problem, including symptoms, diseases, injuries and certain risk factors, such as high blood cholesterol and obesity. (aihw.gov.au)
  • Methods: We used data from women born 1935 to 1956 in the Health and Retirement Study to calculate employment, marital, and parenthood statuses for each age between 16 and 50 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: All consecutive patients (0-18 years) diagnosed with Ebstein's anomaly in the Netherlands between 1980 and 2014 were included. (eur.nl)
  • Material and methods: All Polish individuals diagnosed with cancer at the age of ≥75 years between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2019 were included in this study. (suicideinfo.ca)
  • The methods employed in these surveys are described at length in Methods and Response Characteristics: 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey (forthcoming). (cdc.gov)
  • Individual and hospital factors associated with 30-day mortality were studied using both mortality outcomes. (ersjournals.com)
  • Some criticisms have emerged regarding the use of in-hospital mortality, as it is only a proxy measure of short-term outcomes and it may cause a selection of patients who are discharged before 30 days. (ersjournals.com)
  • Little is known about the impact that a possible selection of discharged patients may have in analysing factors associated with short-term outcomes among COPD patients. (ersjournals.com)
  • Kim D, Saada A. The social determinants of infant mortality and birth outcomes in Western developed nations: a cross-country systematic review. (aaem.pl)
  • Alexy B, Nichols B, Heverly M, Garzon L. Prenatal factors and birth outcomes in the public health service: a rural/urban comparison. (aaem.pl)
  • Zinc deficiency increases mortality associated with infections, and in early pregnancy has been associated with complications in pregnancy outcomes at later stages. (worldhunger.org)
  • 7 years), and incorporating time lags between income inequality and outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Although the infant mortality rate (IMR) in Texas has remained below the Healthy People 2020 objective of 6.0 per 1,000 live births (1) since 2012, wide variation in the IMR exists across zip code areas in the state, with some zip codes having as many as 20 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2011 through 2014 (2). (cdc.gov)
  • During 1992, HIV infection became the eighth leading cause of death overall (up from ninth in 1991), accounting for 1.5% of all deaths, and the second leading cause of death among persons aged 25-44 years (up from third in 1991) (16.2% of deaths). (cdc.gov)
  • In 1992, HIV infection became the leading cause of death for men aged 25-44 years (up from second in 1991) and the fourth leading cause of death for women in this age group (up from fifth in 1991) (19.9% and 7.3% of deaths, respectively) ( Table_1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Stratified by race, HIV infection was the leading cause of death for black men aged 25-44 years during 1991 and 1992 (21.4% and 25.3% of deaths, respectively) and the second leading cause of death (preceded by unintentional injuries) for white men in that age group (17.8% in 1991 and 18.5% in 1992). (cdc.gov)
  • In 1991 (the most recent year for which mortality data are available for Hispanic ethnicity and for other races), HIV infection was the leading cause of death among Hispanic men aged 25-44 years (24.1% of deaths) and the third leading cause of death among Hispanic women in this age group (12.4% of deaths). (cdc.gov)
  • Among Asians/Pacific Islanders, HIV infection was the sixth leading cause of death for men aged 25-44 years (8.8% of deaths) and the ninth leading cause of death for women in this age group (1.1% of deaths). (cdc.gov)
  • Among American Indians/Alaskan Natives, HIV infection was the sixth leading cause of death for men aged 25-44 years (4.5% of deaths) and the seventh leading cause of death for women in this age group (1.9% of deaths). (cdc.gov)
  • The occurrence of infant mortality in a population can be described by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1990, 8.8 million infants younger than one-year-old died globally out of 12.6 million child deaths under the age of five. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the same period, the infant mortality rate declined from 65 deaths per 1,000 live births to 29 deaths per 1,000. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study was conducted across 135 countries over the course of 11 years, with the continent of Africa having the highest infant mortality rate of any region studied, with 68 deaths per 1,000 live births. (wikipedia.org)
  • Infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age. (wikipedia.org)
  • Environmental and social barriers that prevent access to basic medical resources contribute to an increased infant mortality rate, 86% of infant deaths are caused by infections, premature births, complications during delivery, perinatal asphyxia, and birth injuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • While 99% of infant deaths occur in developing countries, the greatest percentage reduction in infant mortality occurs in countries that already have low rates of infant mortality. (wikipedia.org)
  • There were 262 deaths during 17 years of follow-up. (bmj.com)
  • Another study has shown an in-hospital mortality of 21.2 deaths per 100,000 injured patients and a total mortality of 35.4 deaths per 100,000 injured patients 5 . (ersjournals.com)
  • The NHEFS linked mortality file includes death information for all those previously identified as deceased during the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up survey periods, as well as, deaths identified through a probabilistic match with the NCHS National Death Index (NDI) . (cdc.gov)
  • Diagnosed cases of deaths in rural and urban areas were analyzed, taking into account the causes of death according to ICD-10, the duration of pregnancy in weeks, birth weight, and maternal age. (aaem.pl)
  • Nearly 800,000 deaths per year among children under five years of age are the result of zinc deficiency. (worldhunger.org)
  • The burden due to deaths among those aged under 75 that are considered avoidable given timely and effective health care. (aihw.gov.au)
  • These factors are powerful predictors of mortality because increased functional impairments often represent the end result of progression of dementia and other chronic diseases," Deardorff told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • 30 studies with 1.8 million participants) for cancer mortality. (nature.com)
  • The data were from 97 long-term, prospective cohorts and involved 1.5 million participants who were followed for 23.1 million person-years. (medscape.com)
  • The participants were enrolled in the Health and Retirement Study , a national survey of health and economic circumstances of adults aged 50 and older. (medscape.com)
  • The average age of participants in the study was 82 years, and 69% were women. (medscape.com)
  • Of the 17,329 study participants, 85% were men and median age was 35 years. (natap.org)
  • This might reflect differences in participants' age, sex, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, or preexisting cardiovascular disease. (nih.gov)
  • Individual data on 55,287 participants with 542,494 person-years of follow-up between 1972 and 2007 were supplied from 11 prospective cohorts in the United States, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Japan. (nih.gov)
  • Total mortality was not increased among participants with subclinical hypothyroidism. (nih.gov)
  • The research team then followed the participants for 13 years. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • We suspect that this may be related to our participants' ages, which averaged 75.6 years […] at baseline: People are dying at the end of their life span regardless of their sense of smell. (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)
  • Participants 479 856 adults aged 18 years or older. (bmj.com)
  • The mean age of the participants was 61 years. (news-medical.net)
  • Of note, the vaccinated subgroup comprised older participants (mean age 64 years) than the unvaccinated subgroup (mean age 52 years). (news-medical.net)
  • Cohort studies investigating the association of combined lifestyle factors with risks of incident cancer and cancer mortality were selected. (nature.com)
  • Our aim was to evaluate rate and prognostic factors of mortality due to non-AIDS defining malignancies (NADM) among persons living with HIV (PLWH) from the cohort of the Spanish AIDS Research Network (CoRIS) during 2004-2020. (natap.org)
  • 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)
  • Many observers have attributed the crossover to the "survival of the fittest," suggesting that adverse conditions faced by African Americans at younger ages subject the weakest members of a cohort to high mortality with only the most robust reaching old age (e.g. (nih.gov)
  • The databases of MEDLINE and EMBASE (1950 to May 31, 2010) were searched without language restrictions for prospective cohort studies with baseline thyroid function and subsequent CHD events, CHD mortality, and total mortality. (nih.gov)
  • 8 In a cohort of patients with diabetes, SRH was a strong predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular-related mortality. (bmj.com)
  • A cohort of 26,039 patients aged ≥35 yrs and hospitalised with COPD were enrolled. (ersjournals.com)
  • To analyse this possible impact, the present study measured 30-day mortality from hospital admission in a cohort of COPD patients, using both the causal mortality register (CMR) and the hospital discharge records (HDR). (ersjournals.com)
  • The NHEFS cohort includes all persons 25-74 years of age who completed a medical examination at NHANES I in 1971-75 (n = 14,407). (cdc.gov)
  • The 1986 NHEFS was conducted for members of the NHEFS cohort who were 55-74 years of age at their baseline examination and not known to be deceased at the 1982-1984 NHEFS (n = 3,980). (cdc.gov)
  • A control group of 10,996 individuals (median age 38 years) with a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19 was also included in the study to determine whether the mortality was higher in the cancer cohort. (news-medical.net)
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma in the United States: treatment utilization and prognostic factors. (cancer.gov)
  • Other prognostic factors were age and lactate values. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Reductions in the prevalence of smoking subsequent to implementation of tobacco control policies in the United States and other countries are associated with population-level reductions in incidence and mortality from many smoking-associated diseases, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory diseases, and lung cancer (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Improving sanitation, access to clean drinking water, immunization against infectious diseases, and other public health measures can help reduce rates of infant mortality. (wikipedia.org)
  • There was no difference in mortality among patients admitted during working-hours and off-hours Mortality was significantly higher in older and more severe cases, regardless of time of admission. (scirp.org)
  • In 2013 there were approximately 607,032 adults aged 65+ years in New Zealand [ 5 ]. (springer.com)
  • To investigate further, researchers from Michigan State University in East Lansing studied a group of 2,289 adults aged 71-82 years. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The NMFS is a nationally representative sample of adults aged 25 or more who died in 1986. (cdc.gov)
  • BRFSS is a self-reported survey which collects data on adults aged 18 years and older. (cdc.gov)
  • We related observations in the electrocardiogram (ECG) on admission to hospital among consecutive patients hospitalized in one single hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and related the prognosis during the following 5 years to these observations. (nih.gov)
  • The median age at diagnosis is 46 years. (cancer.gov)
  • RESULTS: A total of 241 children, median age 11.4 years, 50% female, were included. (lu.se)
  • Even after the researchers accounted for socioeconomic status, lifestyle factors, and existing health conditions, the results were still significant. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Greater mortality, nonmarital childbearing, and divorce among families with lower socioeconomic status may be reinforcing inequalities across generations. (springer.com)
  • The findings suggest that "high priority should be given to developing and implementing interventions that prevent or delay the onset of [type 2 diabetes], especially as its prevalence among younger age groups is increasing globally," urged the team. (medscape.com)
  • It is unknown whether declines in smoking prevalence produced detectable declines in prostate cancer mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • Declines in prostate cancer mortality rates appear to parallel declines in smoking prevalence at the population level. (cdc.gov)
  • The death rate from HIV infection for persons aged 25-44 years has steadily and dramatically increased during the past 10 years, compared with death rates from most other leading causes of death ( Figure_1 and Figure_2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States, prostate cancer mortality rates have declined in recent decades. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined state prostate cancer mortality rates in relation to changes in cigarette smoking. (cdc.gov)
  • Mortality rates for prostate cancer and external causes (control condition) were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research. (cdc.gov)
  • This study suggests that declines in prostate cancer mortality rates may be a beneficial effect of reduced smoking in the population. (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States, prostate cancer mortality rates have declined since the 1990s (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, the national decline in smoking could have contributed to the decline in prostate cancer mortality rates. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted an ecological study to investigate state-level prostate cancer mortality rates in relation to changes in cigarette smoking among white and black men in 4 US states - California, Kentucky, Maryland, and Utah - during the recent era of declining prostate cancer mortality rates. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted this study to determine whether population-level tobacco control efforts produced detectable declines in prostate cancer mortality rates in the population. (cdc.gov)
  • Mortality rates increased with age, whereas SMRs decreased from 3.42 (95%CI 1.63, 7.18) at ≤35 years to 0.92 (95%CI 0.56, 1.53) at ≥70 years. (natap.org)
  • We give our main attention to mortality rates from all causes combined, although we refer to studies of racial and ethnic differences in mortality by cause of death in a later section. (nih.gov)
  • In Table 2-1 and Figures 2-1 and 2-2 , we show estimates of age-specific death rates by 5-year age groups above age 45 for African Americans and whites (as well as for Asian/Pacific Islanders and Hispanics) in 1989. (nih.gov)
  • At younger ages, age-specific death rates for African Americans exceed white rates by as much as two to one, and there is a gradual, but steady, narrowing of the differential as age advances ( Table 2-1 and Figures 2-1 and 2-2 ). (nih.gov)
  • Throughout the 20th century, black-white mortality differentials have been characterized by the occurrence of the greatest relative disadvantage for blacks in middle age, followed by a slower rate of increase in black death rates relative to white rates. (nih.gov)
  • Continuing with more recent trends, incidence rates increased by about 2% per year in women younger than 50 years and by 1% per year in women aged 50 years and older. (cancer.gov)
  • Between 2016 and 2020, death rates for endometrial cancer increased by 0.7% per year. (cancer.gov)
  • Married women staying home with children briefly before reentering the workforce had the lowest mortality rates. (cdc.gov)
  • AS) mortality rates for females and males combined decreased by 19% in the UK between 1971-1973 and 2017-2019. (cancerresearchuk.org)
  • Decreasing mortality is largely due to improved survival - and is despite a small increase in incidence rates. (cancerresearchuk.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 significant difference was found between the mortality rates of hospitalized patients and outpatients. (news-medical.net)
  • The study sets out to comprehensively uncover factors that influence and predict rates of relapse to regular opiate use following residential detoxification. (tcd.ie)
  • This five-year increase in disparity was driven predominantly by higher rates of union dissolution among parents of adults with less education. (springer.com)
  • 2 GBS incidence increases exponentially with age, with age-specific rates increasing from 0.62 per 100 000 among 0-9-year-olds to 2.66 per 100 000 among 80-89-year-olds. (bmj.com)
  • During 2011 through 2015 in 2 Texas counties, maternal sociodemographic and pregnancy-related characteristics were significantly associated with infant mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • In both counties, maternal marital status, education, multiple gestation, and cesarean delivery were significantly associated with infant mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • Analysis of mortality in Poland from foetal and maternal causes (length of gestation, birth weight, maternal age) in the neonatal and post-neonatal period depending on place of residence (rural and urban areas) in 2004-2013. (aaem.pl)
  • The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. (medscape.com)
  • S. Ala, N. Pakravan and M. Ahmadi, "Mortality Rate and Outcome among Patients Admitted to General Intensive Care Unit during "Morning-Hour" Compared with "Off-Hour"," International Journal of Clinical Medicine , Vol. 3 No. 3, 2012, pp. 171-177. (scirp.org)
  • Y. Arabi, A. Alshimemeri and S. Taher, "Weekend and Weeknight Admissions Have the Same Outcome of Weekday Admissions to an Intensive Care Unit with Onsite Intensivist Coverage," Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2006, pp. 605-611. (scirp.org)
  • Short-term mortality, i.e. mortality within 30 days after hospital admission, is the most frequently used outcome to evaluate hospital care quality and to study factors associated with death in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 1 , 2 . (ersjournals.com)
  • 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)
  • Further outcome studies will soon be underway and may in future contribute to adequately integrate all potential factors in more reliable predictive models. (bmj.com)
  • Risks did not significantly differ by age, sex, or preexisting cardiovascular disease. (nih.gov)
  • A decrease in the mortality of newborns and infants was observed, but in rural areas neonatal mortality decreased significantly more slowly. (aaem.pl)
  • A history of mixed-feeding in infants below 12 months of age was associated with significantly worse mean WAZ scores, than the other feeding options. (ennonline.net)
  • 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 death rate from HIV infection in 1992 for persons aged 25-44 years was three times as high for black men (136.0 per 100,000) as for white men (42.1 per 100,000) and 12 times as high for black women (38.0 per 100,000) as for white women (3.3 per 100,000). (cdc.gov)
  • From 1982 to 1992, the rate increased from 0.6 per 100,000 to 52.8 per 100,000 for men aged 25-44 years and from 0.1 per 100,000 to 7.8 per 100,000 for women in this age group. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1992, HIV infection became the number one cause of death among men aged 25-44 years. (cdc.gov)
  • HIV infection was the second leading cause of death for black women aged 25-44 years (up from third in 1991) in 1992 (12.1% in 1991 and 16.5% in 1992) and the sixth leading cause of death for white women aged 25-44 years in 1991 and 1992 (3.4% in 1991 and 3.8% in 1992). (cdc.gov)
  • The 1992 Mortality Data contains death certificate information collected during each follow-up period coded according to ICD-9 multiple-cause-of-death procedures for all 4,497 decedents identified through 1992. (cdc.gov)
  • Patients with the lowest mortality were those with a nonpathologic ECG on admission. (nih.gov)
  • The rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1,000. (wikipedia.org)
  • The overall mortality rate was 1.53 (95% confidence interval: 1.32, 1.79) per 1,000 person-years (PY), 76% higher as that in the general population (SMR: 1.76, 95% CI 1.51, 2.06). (natap.org)
  • The 30-day mortality rate was 1.21·1,000 patient-days −1 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.14-1.29) using the CMR, and 1.06·1,000 patient-days −1 (95% CI 0.98-1.13) using the HDR. (ersjournals.com)
  • To assess the risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) and total mortality for adults with subclinical hypothyroidism. (nih.gov)
  • A healthy lifestyle can stabilise SRH and reduce mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Training of healthcare providers in district hospitals for early recognition of peritonitis, and improved ICU care availability may reduce mortality secondary to peritonitis in children. (ajol.info)
  • Patients with the highest mortality were those with a pathologic ECG including signs of previous AMI, bundle branch block and pacemaker ECG, but with no ECG sign of acute ischemia. (nih.gov)
  • A 30% relative reduction in premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases by 2030. (who.int)
  • Their findings are consistent with previous studies that suggested that younger individuals who develop type 2 diabetes might have higher body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, and lipid levels and that they might experience faster deterioration in glycemic control than individuals who develop diabetes later, potentially leading to premature mortality. (medscape.com)
  • failed verification] Many situational factors contribute to the infant mortality rate, such as the pregnant woman's level of education, environmental conditions, political infrastructure, and level of medical support. (wikipedia.org)
  • Throughout the world, the infant mortality rate (IMR) fluctuates drastically, and according to Biotechnology and Health Sciences, education and life expectancy in a country are the leading indicators of IMR. (wikipedia.org)
  • The latter represents the period of life in which mortality progressively increases. (karger.com)
  • Asked to comment, Anne Peters, MD, who was not involved with this study, said, "We've long known that diabetes reduces life expectancy, and the younger you get it the more years you lose. (medscape.com)
  • Peters agrees: "People who develop type 2 diabetes at a younger age might have a different, potentially more aggressive type of type 2 diabetes and perhaps need treatment targets that are lower than people who develop type 2 diabetes when they are older. (medscape.com)
  • Mortality due to NADM in PLWH is higher than in the general population, mainly at younger ages. (natap.org)
  • These patients had a lower mortality during 5 years of follow-up than patients without ST elevation. (nih.gov)
  • Mara Schonberg, MD, MPH, associate professor of general medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, said that because the tool assesses some lifestyle factors, it may help motivate patients to take better care of themselves. (medscape.com)
  • Aim: This study aim to evaluate the effect of time of admission on mortality of patients admitted to the ICU. (scirp.org)
  • Method: This retrospective study included 391 of patients admitted to the ICU of an academic hospital during one year. (scirp.org)
  • I. J. Morales, S. G. Peters and B. Afessa, "Hospital Mortality Rate and Length of Stay in Patients Admitted at Night to the Intensive Care Unit," Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 31, Vol. 3, 2003, pp. 858-863. (scirp.org)
  • 9 Even in patients with stable chronic heart failure, SRH had an inverse relationship with mortality. (bmj.com)
  • This duplication was not evident in patients who began abnormal growth at age 9 or 10, but only in those who started to grow excessively before the age of 3. (medscape.com)
  • Of the 420 patients, 63 (15%) died in the ICU, 12 (2.86%) died 1 month after ICU discharge and 16 (3.80%) died 1 year after ICU discharge. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thirty-one patients (18%) died before the age of 18 years. (eur.nl)
  • In this study, we aimed to analyze clinical characteristics of critically ill patients admitted to the ED and identify the factors associated with LOS. (medscimonit.com)
  • A multicenter retrospective research study including 995 379 ED patients concluded that ED crowding is associated with increased in-hospital mortality and prolonged length of stay (LOS) [4]. (medscimonit.com)
  • Mortality was found to be higher in cancer patients who were over 65 years of age with concomitant COVID-19 and in those with solid metastatic tumors compared to those in patients with early and/or localized disease. (news-medical.net)
  • Objective To examine the association of mortality by day of the week for emergency and elective patients. (bmj.com)
  • 4 A large study of emergency admissions to New South Wales hospitals 5 suggests that the weekend effect might be specific to some diagnoses and procedure groups only, and many studies report higher mortality for emergency patients admitted with some specific diagnoses on a weekend. (bmj.com)
  • GBS causes severe persistent disability in 14% of patients at 1 year. (bmj.com)
  • Older age was also a strong predictive factor. (medscape.com)
  • Various aetiological, clinical, electrophysiological and immunological factors may carry prognostic predictive value. (bmj.com)
  • Relations of the sum score and combinations of the BRFs at baseline with all-cause, cancer , and cardiovascular mortality 20 years later were analyzed. (bvsalud.org)
  • Each additional decade of type 2 diabetes shortens lives by about 3.5 years compared to not having diabetes, researchers estimate on the basis of data from studies conducted in 19 high-income countries. (medscape.com)
  • 1989 NCHS Mortality Detailed Data Tape. (nih.gov)
  • Additional mortality data can be found on the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Survey (NHEFS) linked mortality file , which extends the mortality follow-up period through December 31, 2011 and brings the total number of NHEFS decedents to 9,035. (cdc.gov)
  • Due to confidentiality requirements, the NHEFS linked mortality file is only accessible through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC) . (cdc.gov)
  • Data on mortality during the neonatal and infancy period in 2004-2013 was obtained from the Central Statistical Office. (aaem.pl)
  • Retrospective data on food intake, summarised in table 1, showed that only 28 (27%) of the children were exclusively breastfeeding at six weeks of age, while 28 children (27%) were formula fed and 37 children (36%) had received a combination of breast milk and other feeds (mixed-feeding). (ennonline.net)
  • BACKGROUND This document describes the preliminary data tape for the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey (NMFS). (cdc.gov)
  • Two years of BRFSS data was used to increase the sample size and hence the precision of estimation. (cdc.gov)
  • The sum score and combinations predicted all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality . (bvsalud.org)
  • There is no evidence that screening by ultrasonography (e.g., endovaginal ultrasound or transvaginal ultrasound) reduces mortality from endometrial cancer. (cancer.gov)
  • There is inadequate evidence that screening by endometrial sampling (i.e., biopsy) reduces mortality from endometrial cancer. (cancer.gov)
  • 1 ] Endometrial cancer is primarily a disease of postmenopausal women, with a mean age at diagnosis of 60 years. (cancer.gov)
  • 2 ] Age-adjusted endometrial cancer incidence in the United States increased from the mid-1960s to 1975 and then declined from 1975 to 1980, with a transient increase in incidence occurring from 1973 to 1978, which was associated with estrogen therapy, also known as hormone therapy. (cancer.gov)
  • The mean age of diagnosis for MLH1 or MSH2 carriers is 47 years compared with 60 years for noninherited forms of endometrial cancer. (cancer.gov)
  • In addition, similar patterns were reported for cause specific mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory tract diseases. (bmj.com)
  • The mortality rate was also higher in rural areas in children born to women aged 20-34 years, and children born after 37 weeks gestation with low birth weight. (aaem.pl)
  • In the cities, higher post-neonatal mortality was due to respiratory diseases, and in children born after 37 weeks gestation to mothers under the age of 20 years. (aaem.pl)
  • These are much higher than the average percentages in a national survey conducted on children below 6 years of age, which indicated that 10% were underweight and 23% stunted 4 . (ennonline.net)
  • In the 2016 study mentioned above , researchers found that each 10-year increase in age was associated with a 30% higher chance of dying within 30 days of surgery. (healthline.com)
  • Analysis of prognostic predictors consistently demonstrates the negative impact of higher age, preceding diarrhoea, greater disability/weaker muscles at admission, short interval between symptom-onset and admission, mechanical ventilation and absent/low amplitude compound muscle action potentials. (bmj.com)
  • The median survival time from age at diagnosis varies widely, ranging from 3.3 to 11.7 years, they add. (medscape.com)
  • The 1-year survival was 84% and remained stable at 82% from 35 months after diagnosis and onwards. (eur.nl)
  • 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)
  • For the study, Deardorff and his colleagues at UCSF and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, followed for a 10-year period 4267 men and women who were considered to probably have dementia. (medscape.com)
  • The researchers validated their model with a separate group of individuals who were enrolled in the National Health and Aging Trends Study . (medscape.com)
  • The factors the researchers included are ones more readily obtainable in clinical practice, the study authors write. (medscape.com)
  • The study population was enrolled from the HDR and were residents of the Lazio region of Italy (∼5 million inhabitants) aged ≥35 yrs and hospitalised for COPD between January 1, 1998, and November 1, 2000. (ersjournals.com)
  • The NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS) is a national longitudinal study that was jointly initiated by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Institute on Aging in collaboration with other agencies of the Public Health Service. (cdc.gov)
  • An explanatory spatial analysis to assess the relationship between deprivation, noise and infant mortality: an ecological study. (aaem.pl)
  • The study took place at the immunology (outpatient) clinic at Livingstone Hospital, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, between June and August 2003.One hundred and two HIV infected 5 children, between the ages of 18 and 72 months, were included in the study. (ennonline.net)
  • For instance, one study found that almost one-quarter of people aged 53-97 years had impaired olfaction, yet less than 10 percent of them were aware. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • This article examines two cohorts aged 25-49 from the 1988 ( n = 7,246) and 2013 ( n = 7,014) Panel Study of Income Dynamics Roster and Transfers Files. (springer.com)
  • Postneonatal mortality is the death of children aged 29 days to one year. (wikipedia.org)
  • Caregivers' brought children aged 6- 59 months to the health facilities following community mobilization. (who.int)
  • Noma affects especially children aged between 2 and 6 years causing severe orofacial mutilations and a high mortality if left untreated. (who.int)
  • Older age, male sex, comorbidities, previous hospitalisations for respiratory failure, and admission to a ward not appropriate to treat respiratory diseases were the most important predictors of 30-day mortality. (ersjournals.com)
  • Prolonged LOS in the ED was associated with increased age and admission in winter and during the night shift, while shortened LOS was associated with nervous system diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and trauma, as well as with procedures including tracheal intubation, surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention, and thrombolysis. (medscimonit.com)
  • Although many guilds may consist of members that are taxonomically related to one another, membership is determined by ecological factors. (encyclopedia.com)
  • 2. In 1998, the WHO Regional Committee for Africa adopted a ten-year (1999-2008) regional strategy for oral health.1 The strategy underlines the most severe oral health problems that people live with. (who.int)
  • 7. The purpose of this document is to report on the progress made during the ten years of implementation of the regional strategy for oral health and propose new actions, taking into account current issues and challenges and in keeping with the recommendations contained in Resolution WHA60.17. (who.int)
  • She previously spent 10 years working in various nutrition sectors of the Department of Health. (ennonline.net)
  • 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)
  • 2 chronic conditions in an individual) has been identified as a substantial challenge to health services in future years (Guthrie 2011). (tcd.ie)