Frailty at death: An examination of multiple causes of death in four low mortality countries in 2017 [PDF]
Demographic Research, 2023 Background: The increasing prevalence of frailty in ageing populations represents a major social and public health challenge which warrants a better understanding of the contribution of frailty to the morbid process.
Sergi Trias-Llimós +7 more
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Changes in liver-related mortality by etiology and sequelae: underlying versus multiple causes of death [PDF]
Population Health Metrics, 2021 Background The expanded definition of liver-related deaths includes a wide range of etiologies and sequelae. We compared the changes in liver-related mortality by etiology and sequelae for different age groups between 2008 and 2018 in the USA using both ...
Ming-Jen Sheu +3 more
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Covid Adult Mortality in Brazil: An Analysis of Multiple Causes of Death [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze the chain of events and contributing causes associated with COVID-19 adult mortality (30–69 years old), based on qualified data on CoD from three Brazilian capitals cities, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, and Natal, in 2020.
Ana Maria Nogales Vasconcelos +3 more
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Diversity in causes of death: A new framework to account for multiple causes of death [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: The structure of causes of death has changed in low-mortality countries, with recent trends showing increasing cause diversity. However, most research overlooks that several conditions often contribute to the process leading to death ...
Marie-Pier Bergeron Boucher +2 more
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Ischemic heart disease-related mortality in Brazil, 2006 to 2020. A study of multiple causes of death [PDF]
BMC Public HealthContext Both the aging of the population and the increase in noncommunicable diseases may influence the progression and outcomes culminating in death, changing the evolution of ischemic heart diseases (IHDs) and their associated causes.
Luiz A. V. M. Bastos +6 more
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Studying multiple causes of death through verbal autopsies: Contribution of an index of similarity [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: The analysis of multiple causes of death was developed in high-income countries to study complex morbid processes leading to death. In other countries, such studies are severely limited by the lack of death certificates.
Ariane Sessego +3 more
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Excess mortality related to circulatory system diseases and diabetes mellitus among Italian AIDS patients vs. non-AIDS population: a population-based cohort study using the multiple causes-of-death approach [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background Chronic diseases, chiefly cancers and circulatory system diseases (CSDs), have become the leading non-AIDS-related causes of death among HIV-infected people, as in the general population.
Barbara Suligoi +10 more
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A new data driven method for summarising multiple cause of death data
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023 Background National mortality statistics are based on a single underlying cause of death. This practice does not adequately represent the impact of the range of conditions experienced in an ageing population in which multimorbidity is common.
Annette Dobson +5 more
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Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2023 Background People with dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM) often die from cancer, pulmonary, cardiac complications, or infections. In such cases, DM or PM might not be designated as the underlying cause of death (UCD) for mortality tabulation.
Pengyan Qiao +7 more
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BMC Cancer, 2023 Background Steady evolution of therapies has improved prognosis of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) over the past two decades. Yet, knowledge about survival trends and causes of death in MM might play a crucial role in long-term management of this ...
Christine Eisfeld +5 more
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