Smoking behaviour in Taiwan, 2001

Smoking behaviour in Taiwan, 2001.

PURPOSE To examine smoking behaviours in Taiwan and compare those behaviours to those in the USA. METHODS Using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) of Taiwan (2001), a survey of over 20 000 participants, frequencies were calculated for smoking, ex-smoking, quantity smoked, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Breakdowns by age, sex, and socioeconomic status were also cal...

Leptospirosis in Taiwan, 2001–2006

Persistent symptomless human metapneu-movirus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. metapneumovirus infection in lung transplant recipients: clinical presentation and epidemiology. Characterization of multidrug-resistant in-fl uenza A/H3N2 viruses shed during one year by an immunocompromised child. et al. Virological features and clinical manifestations associated with hum...

Integration of tuberculosis services in Taiwan, 2001: challenges and opportunities

Age transition of tuberculosis patients in Taiwan, 1957-2001.

BACKGROUND The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has been falling in many developed countries; however, there is a trend of an increasing proportion of TB among the elderly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the age transition of patients with TB in Taiwan from 1957 to 2001. METHODS Data on the number of TB cases and patient age were collected from the National Tuberculosis Registry for thre...

A population study on the time trend of cigarette smoking, cessation, and exposure to secondhand smoking from 2001 to 2013 in Taiwan

BACKGROUND In 2001, the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) commenced in Taiwan. This survey, conducted on a sample of the whole Taiwanese population, is nationally representative and has a high response rate (>80 %). As a result, the four already completed surveys from 2001 to 2013 can be used to investigate the time trend of smoking prevalence, the rate of cessation, and exposure to secon...