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On the distribution of underlying causes of death. [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health, 1982
The feasibility of applying surveillance techniques to large health data sets is being explored through study of a national mortality data base encompassing 21 million United States death records for the period 1968--1978. Through the development of efficient file structures and information recovery techniques, it is possible to pose a series of ...
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Temporal trends in recording of diabetes on death certificates: results from Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency that diabetes is reported on death certificates of decedents with known diabetes and describe trends in reporting over 8 years.
Crosson, Jesse C., Curb, J David, Herman, William H., Karter, Andrew J., Marrero, David G., McEwen, Laura N.   +5 more
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Increase in Deaths Caused by HIV Infection Due to Changes in Rules for Selecting Underlying Cause of Death

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2003
With implementation of the (ICD-10), for U.S. vital statistics in 1999, the criteria for selecting HIV infection as the underlying cause of death were expanded. To estimate the effect of ICD-10 rules on the number of deaths attributed to HIV infection, we applied a simplified version of ICD-10 rules to data on causes of death from all U.S.
Richard M. Selik, Robert N. Anderson, Matthew T. McKenna, H. M. Rosenberg   +3 more
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Targeting apoptosis signaling in pancreatic cancer [PDF]

, 2011
The ability to escape apoptosis or programmed cell death is a hallmark of human cancers, for example pancreatic cancer. This can promote tumorigenesis, since too little cell death by apoptosis disturbs tissue homeostasis.
Fulda, Simone
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Discordance in investigator-reported and adjudicated sudden death in TIOSPIR [PDF]

, 2017
Accurate and consistent determination of cause of death is challenging in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. TIOSPIR (N=17 135) compared the safety and efficacy of tiotropium Respimat 5/2.5 µg with HandiHaler 18 µg in COPD patients ...
Austen, George, Fowler, Andy, Kowey, Peter R., McGarvey, Lorcan P., Metzdorf, Norbert, Mueller, Achim, Wise, Robert A.   +6 more
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Validation of physician certified verbal autopsy using conventional autopsy: a large study of adult non-external causes of death in a metropolitan area in Brazil

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Reliable mortality data are essential for the development of public health policies. In Brazil, although there is a well-consolidated universal system for mortality data, the quality of information on causes of death (CoD) is not even among ...
Carmen Diva Saldiva de André, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Lucia Pereira Barroso, Paulo Afonso de André, Lisie Tocci Justo, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira, Mauro T. Taniguchi, Cátia Martinez Minto, Pedro Losco Takecian, Leonardo Tadashi Kamaura, João Eduardo Ferreira, Riley H. Hazard, Deirdre Mclaughlin, Ian Riley, Alan D. Lopez, Ana Maria de Oliveira Ramos, Maria de Fatima Marinho de Souza, Elisabeth Barboza França, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva   +19 more
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Rectangularization of the Survival Curve in The Netherlands: An Analysis of Underlying Causes of Death [PDF]

The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 1997
This study analyzed the contribution of selected causes of death to rectangularization of the survival curve of Dutch men and women above age 60 in the 1980s, and determined why rectangularization took place in the 1980s but not in the 1970s. The contribution of causes of death was determined by means of a decomposition analysis, using mortality data ...
Johan P. Mackenbach, Wilma J. Nusselder
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The meaning of different forms of structural myocardial injury, immune response and timing of infarct necrosis and cardiac repair [PDF]

, 2015
Although a decline in the all-cause and cardiac mortality rates following myocardial infarction (MI) during the past 3 decades has been reported, MI is a major cause of death and disability worldwide.
Bello, S, Fineschi, Vittorio, Neri, M, Pomara, C, Riezzo, I, Turillazzi, E   +5 more
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Angka Kematian Dan Faktor Risiko Stroke Sebagai Penyebab Dasar Kematian Di Kabupaten Padang Pariaman Provinsi Sumatera Barat [PDF]

, 2016
Mortality data are one of important indicators for the publich health The aim of this study is to know about the death rate, characteristics and risk factors of stroke as underlying cause of death in Padang Pariaman district.
Bisara, D. (Dina), Ghani, L. (Lannywati), Irianto, J. (Joko), Konadi, L. (Laurentia), Pangaribuan, L. (Lamria), Senewe, F. (Felly), Sulistyowati, N. (Ning), Teja, T. (Teti)   +7 more
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Underlying and immediate causes of death in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
The most common cause of death of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been reported to be the lung disease itself and mortality from IPF appears to be increasing. However, the causes of death in patients with IPF taking into account differences between genders and smoking histories as well as disease progression, have not been ...
Kärkkäinen, M, Nurmi, H, Kettunen, HP, Selander, T, Purokivi, M, Kaarteenaho, R   +5 more
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