Results 61 to 70 of about 3,647,692 (252)

Global estimation of child mortality using a Bayesian B-spline Bias-reduction model [PDF]

, 2014
Estimates of the under-five mortality rate (U5MR) are used to track progress in reducing child mortality and to evaluate countries' performance related to Millennium Development Goal 4. However, for the great majority of developing countries without well-
Alkema, Leontine, New, Jin Rou
core   +1 more source

Quantifying underreporting of law-enforcement-related deaths in United States vital statistics and news-media-based data sources: A capture–recapture analysis

PLoS Medicine, 2017
Background Prior research suggests that United States governmental sources documenting the number of law-enforcement-related deaths (i.e., fatalities due to injuries inflicted by law enforcement officers) undercount these incidents.
J. Feldman, S. Gruskin, B. Coull, N. Krieger   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births, and Abortions, 2010: National and State Trends by Age, Race, and Ethnicity [PDF]

, 2014
This report contains the most recent and comprehensive statistics available -- for 2010 -- on the incidence of teenage pregnancy, birth and abortion for the United States as a whole and for individual states.
Kathryn Kost, Stanley Henshaw
core  

Marcos referenciais para estudos e investigações em mortalidade materna Remarks for research on maternal mortality

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1988
Foram abordados alguns aspectos relacionados à mortalidade materna como importante problema de saúde pública, e destacados outros que devem ser levados em conta quando se estuda a mortalidade materna por meio de coeficientes, tais como: o pequeno número ...
Ruy Laurenti
doaj   +1 more source

Civil registration and vital statistics in health systems

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2018
Civil registration and vital statistics in health systems Debra Jackson, Kristen Wenz, Maria Muniz, Carla Abouzahr, Anneke Schmider, Martin W. Braschi, Nadya Kassam, Theresa Diaz, Remy Mwamba, Philip Setel & Samuel Mills a Health Section, United Nations ...
D. Jackson, K. Wenz, M. Muñiz, C. AbouZahr, A. Schmider, Martin W. Braschi, N. Kassam, T. Diaz, Remy Mwamba, P. Setel, S. Mills   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Arizona’s Rising STEM Occupational Demands and Declining Participation in the Scientific Workforce: An Examination of Attitudes among African Americans toward STEM College Majors and Careers [PDF]

, 2017
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2008), science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations constitute a growing sector of Arizona’s economy.
Charleston, LaVar J., Gilbert, Juan E., Jackson, Jerlando F. L., Lewis, Chance W., Parrish, Walter P. III   +4 more
core   +1 more source

How have changes in death by cause and age group contributed to the recent stalling of life expectancy gains in Scotland? Comparative decomposition analysis of mortality data, 2000–2002 to 2015–2017

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective Annual gains in life expectancy in Scotland were slower in recent years than in the previous two decades. This analysis investigates how deaths in different age groups and from different causes have contributed to annual average change in life ...
Colin Fischbacher, Gerry McCartney, Lynda Fenton, Jon Minton, Julie Ramsay, Maria Kaye-Bardgett, Grant M A Wyper, Elizabeth Richardson   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cancer treatment and survivorship statistics, 2019

Ca, 2019
The number of cancer survivors continues to increase in the United States because of the growth and aging of the population as well as advances in early detection and treatment.
K. D. Miller, Leticia M. Nogueira, A. Mariotto, J. Rowland, K. R. Yabroff, C. Alfano, A. Jemal, J. Kramer, R. Siegel   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Descriptive study of causes of death and COVID-19-associated morbidities from the New York City electronic death record: first wave of the pandemic March–July 2020

BMJ Open
Objective Assessing excess deaths from benchmarks across causes of death during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and identifying morbidities most frequently mentioned alongside COVID-19 deaths in the death record.Methods Descriptive study of death
Wenhui Li, L Hannah Gould, Mary Huynh, Gretchen Van Wye, Gil Maduro, Blanca Bernard-Davila   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

QuickStats: Death Rates* Attributed to Excessive Cold or Hypothermia† Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years, by Urban-Rural Status§ and Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019 [PDF]

, 2021
Merianne Spencer
openalex   +1 more source