Allergic disease in urban and rural populations: increasing prevalence with increasing urbanization

Allergic disease in urban and rural populations: increasing prevalence with increasing urbanization.

While recent studies from the developed western countries suggest that the prevalence of asthma and allergic disease may be reaching a plateau (1, 2), countries with communities in transition have experienced a dramatic increase over the last few years (3). The puzzle of the cause of this reported increase is complex, and there is no simple explanation or unique hypothesis that would be applica...

Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration

This chapter considers the literature on urbanization and migration to cities from rural areas in developing and middle-income countries. The chapter assesses recent patterns, discusses traditional models, addresses more recent models of migration, presents some of the recent findings from the micro-econometric literature, and closes with a discussion of the role of cities in economic growth. C...

Urbanization, Rural–urban Migration and Urban Poverty

Urban rural disparity in female breast cancer incidence rate in China and the increasing trend in parallel with socioeconomic development and urbanization in a rural setting

BACKGROUND Worldwide breast cancer incidence correlates with socioeconomic status and increases in parallel with westernization, however urban-rural disparity and trends have not been adequately investigated in China. METHODS The age standardized rate (ASR) of female breast cancer by population-based cancer registration was compared between urban Shijiazhuang city and rural Shexian County in ...

Chronic disease: increasing prevalence yet better control.

In this November-December 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM), we have collected multiple articles related to chronic diseases using methodologies from basic science, epidemiology, and clinical science. As Dr. Parchman notes, the prevalence is so great and the complexity so high, that we would all like to quickly cut through the Gordian knot of chronic dis...