Health
An 'unprecedented' rise in infant mortality in England linked to poverty
A new study, published in BMJ Open, links a rise in infant mortality in England to poverty.
Oct 3, 2019
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News tagged with mortality statistics
Oncology & Cancer
Lumping all Hispanic Americans together masks the differences in cancer outcomes
A San Diego State University study is among the first to describe trends in cancer mortality by specific Hispanic group for the 10 leading causes of cancer deaths nationwide.
Jun 17, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Breaking the vicious cycles of age-related diseases
Biologist Aleksey Belikov from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has proposed that rapid progression of age-related diseases may result from the formation of so-called vicious cycles. An example of this is when ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Health
The 2008 recession associated with greater decline in mortality in Europe
In recent decades, Europe has experienced a downward trend in the annual number of deaths. Not only was this trend not arrested by the economic recession that started in 2008, the rate of decline increased during the recession ...
Feb 8, 2019
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Medical research
Human mortality 'plateau' may be statistical error, not hint of immortality
Human error, not human biology, largely accounts for the apparent decline of mortality among the very old, according to a new report publishing on December 20 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Saul Newman of Australia ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Pediatrics
Perinatal mortality rates remain unchanged from 2014 to 2016
(HealthDay)—Rates of perinatal mortality remained unchanged from 2014 to 2016, according to an August data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
Sep 6, 2018
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Pediatrics
2013 to 2015 infant mortality rate varied by state and race
(HealthDay)—The infant mortality rate varied by state, from 4.28 to 9.08 per 1,000 live births in Massachusetts and Mississippi, respectively, in 2013 through 2015, according to a January data brief published by the U.S. ...
Jan 4, 2018
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Health
New analysis finds Medicare program underestimates heart attack mortality rates
New analysis of Medicare's Hospital Compare portal shows the statistical methodology used to rate and compare hospitals underestimates mortality rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at small hospitals. The research, ...
Apr 19, 2017
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Diabetes
Diabetes accounts for more US deaths than previously thought, study shows
Diabetes accounts for 12 percent of deaths in the United States, a significantly higher percentage than previous research revealed, making it the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer, according to findings ...
Jan 25, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Large number of patients admitted through ED with sepsis not given a formal diagnosis code
A large number of patients admitted through the emergency department with severe sepsis or septic shock are not given a specific International Classification of Disease (ICD) code used around the world to collect data on ...
Apr 11, 2016
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