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Descriptive epidemiology of genitourinary cancers

Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 1993
The American Cancer Society estimates that, in 1993, genitourinary (GU) cancers will account for about 37% of all new cases of cancer in men and about 4% in women. Approximately 18% of all cancer deaths in men and 3% in women will be from GU cancers. Identifying the differences in the occurrence of testicular, prostate, bladder, and renal cancer by age,
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Descriptive Epidemiological Measures

2005
This chapter has presented common descriptive measures, namely rates and ratios, useful in planning and evaluating health care services, policies, and programs. Rates are used to identify and prioritize health problems within a population,assess variability of the utilization of health care resources, evaluate progress toward achieving health goals ...
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Descriptive Epidemiologic Measures

1995
Suppose you were responsible for drafting legislation for a new state-wide public health initiative aimed at preventing unnecessary death from cancer of the uterine cervix. How would you present evidence to show this is a problem? Suppose you were charged with evaluating a new health service provided by a health care system. How would you represent the
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s Disease

1996
Alzheimer’s disease is an extremely common condition among older persons. Estimates of the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, i.e., the number of new cases of the disease arising in a defined period of time, have, in general, been in agreement with prevalence estimates and comparisons across studies have reflected similar methodological differences. The
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Descriptive Epidemiological Methods

2009
After completing this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Construct rate measures to identify population subgroups at high risk for a health problem. Provide the information in tabular and graphic forms. 2. Select a health problem and using the appropriate descriptive epidemiologic measures to characterize it in terms of person, place ...
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Descriptive Epidemiology: International Patterns

2010
Head and neck cancers (HNC) are a group of neoplasms common in several regions of the world where the prevalence of tobacco habits and alcohol consumption in the population is high. These cancers accounted for 420,000 new cases among males and 142,000 incident cases among females in 2002 around the world (Table 1 ) [1] .
Mia Hashibe, Jacques Ferlay, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan   +2 more
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Descriptive Epidemiology: U.S. Patterns

2010
According to 2009 estimates provided by the American Cancer Society, approximately 35,160 men and 12,850 women are expected to be diagnosed with cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx in the United States, and approximately 8,140 men and 3,120 women are expected to die from these cancers [1] .
Linda Morris Brown, Gloria Gridley, Susan S. Devesa   +2 more
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Descriptive epidemiology

2010
Cathy Burton, Andrew Jack, Peter Adamson, Eve Roman   +3 more
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Dementias

2001
The number of older individuals and their proportion they account for of the total population has risen steeply in industrial countries over the course of the twentieth century. In Germany, for example, the number of people over 65 increased fourfold to more than 12 million and is still increasing; at the same time, the number of those over 80 years of
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Diabetes

2007
Diabetes is a difficult public health problem because of its pathophysiological characteristics: its few symptoms are easily treated early in the disease, but as it progresses, the associated vascular disease and neurological and other complications lead to excess morbidity and mortality.
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