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The Persistent Southern Disadvantage in Us Early Life Mortality, 1965‒2014 [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Recent studies of US adult mortality demonstrate a growing disadvantage among southern states. Few studies have examined long-term trends and geographic patterns in US early life (ages 1 to 24) mortality, ages at which key risk factors and ...
Braudt, David B., Dollar, Nathan T., Fishman, Samuel H., Gutin, Iliya, Hummer, Robert A., Lawrence, Elizabeth M., Rogers, Richard G.   +6 more
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Causes of death among persons with multiple sclerosis [PDF]

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 2015
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a leading cause of disability among young Americans. Reports suggest that life expectancy (i.e., average age at death) remains reduced as compared to the general population, but underlying causes of death (UCOD) are less well-characterized.To describe the cause-specific mortality among participants enrolled in the North ...
Gary R, Cutter, Jeffrey, Zimmerman, Amber R, Salter, Volker, Knappertz, Gustavo, Suarez, John, Waterbor, Virginia J, Howard, Ruth Ann, Marrie   +7 more
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Long-term secular trends in dermatomyositis and polymyositis mortality in the USA from 1981 to 2020 according to underlying and multiple cause of death mortality data

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, Qianyu Guo, Jinfang Gao, Dan Ma, Sumiao Liu, Xiang Gao, Tsung-Hsueh Lu, Liyun Zhang   +7 more
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Multiple cause of death analysis in multiple sclerosis

Neurology, 2020
To gain a better understanding of the complex patterns of causes that contribute to death due to multiple sclerosis (MS) by assessing the relationship between MS and other causes of death listed on death certificates.Multiple cause of death data for all adult deaths (aged ≥18 years) in British Columbia, Canada, between 1986 and 2013 were accessed.
Katharine, Harding, Feng, Zhu, Mohammed, Alotaibi, Thomas, Duggan, Helen, Tremlett, Elaine, Kingwell   +5 more
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Studying multiple causes of death through verbal autopsies: Contribution of an index of similarity [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: 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, Géraldine Duthé, Bruno Lankoandé, Dianou Kassoum   +3 more
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Nosocomial infection and multiple causes of death

Jornal de Pediatria, 2002
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibility for collecting data on nosocomial infections by means of death certificates.The medical charts of children who died after 48 hours of their admission to a pediatric hospital were revised to get information about the causes of death.
Ruth N T, Turrini, Augusto H, Santo
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Time trends in survival and causes of death in multiple myeloma: a population-based study from Germany

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, Hiltraud Kajüter, Lennart Möller, Ina Wellmann, Evgenii Shumilov, Andreas Stang   +5 more
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HIV and Hepatitis C Mortality in Massachusetts, 2002–2011: Spatial Cluster and Trend Analysis of HIV and HCV Using Multiple Cause of Death [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Infectious diseases, while associated with a much smaller proportion of deaths than they were 50 years ago, still play a significant role in mortality across the state of Massachusetts.
Hood, Maria Elena, Meyers, David J., Stopka, Thomas J.   +2 more
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Correlates of undefined cause of injury coded mortality data in Australia [PDF]

, 2009
The objective of this research was to identify the level of detail regarding the external causes of death in Australia and ascertain problematic areas where data quality improvement efforts may be focused.
Chen, Linping, McKenzie, Kirsten, Walker, Susan (Sue)   +2 more
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A network approach to studying cause-of-death interrelations

Demographic Research, 2018
Background: Multiple causes of death describe complex death processes marked by the simultaneous presence of several diseases and conditions, primarily at older ages.
Viviana Egidi, Michele Antonio Salvatore, Giulia Rivellini, Silvia D'Angelo   +3 more
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