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Descriptive Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s Disease
1996Alzheimer’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
2009After 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
2010Head 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] .
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Descriptive Epidemiology: U.S. Patterns
2010According 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] .
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Descriptive epidemiology of chordomas in the United States
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2020Paramita Das +6 more
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Dementias
2001The 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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