Deaths in Distance

Deaths in children under 5 years in Iran

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if current age-specific mortality rates be continued. Under-5 mortality, a Millennium Development Goal indicator, is a leading indicator of child health and overall development. This indicator measures child survival. It also, reflects the social, economic and environmental conditions i...

Deaths

One Decade of Unnatural Deaths in Yazd Province: 2003-2013

Abstract Introduction: Death is defined as the permanent loss of all signs of life at any time after birth (Irrevocable disappearance of all vital signs after birth). Unnatural deaths seem to be either suspicious or  unexpected. Deaths that occur suddenly and their causes need to be investigated, are termed unnatural deaths. According to the death certificate contents of Ministry of...

Maternal deaths in the UK: pre-eclampsia deaths are avoidable.

582 www.thelancet.com Vol 389 February 11, 2017 Being pregnant in the UK has never been safer. The latest Confi dential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity reported that fewer than one in 10 000 women died in or around pregnancy in the UK during 2012–14 (241 women within the triennium), the lowest rate recorded since such surveillance began in 1952 in England and Wales. This maternal m...

Deaths in Custody