Introduction Asthma affects some 300 million people worldwide and causes over 250,000 deaths each year. It is considered a global health problem due to associated high morbidity and mortality rates; disability in inadequately treated patients; years of potential life lost (YPLL); social costs; and impact on the lives of patients, their families and society. Environmental factors, including clim...

There is no credible scientific opposition to the fact that a genetically distinct human life begins at conception and that an induced abortion is a death. Yet, abortion is not reported as a cause of death in the U.S. vital statistics system. Mortality patterns have profound implications for public policy. As a cause of death, we found abortion to be highly consequential, with large racial and ...

This study examined years of potential life lost (YPLL) before age 65 years to assess the relative impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) versus other leading causes of death on premature mortality in New York City, New York, between 1983 and 1994. Most causes of death showed substantial year-to-year variation in YPLL, with the exception of HIV/AI...

UNLABELLED Introduction Cerebrovascular diseases (CD) are a global health problem. They are the second and third causes of death in the world and in Cuba, respectively. Projections for year 2020 suggest they will continue to be among the main causes of death and disability, both in developed and developing countries. In 2006, the National Health System (NHS) presented its Public Health Projecti...

Incidence and survival rates are commonly reported statistics, but these may fail to capture the full impact of childhood cancers. We describe the years of potential life lost (YPLL) and years of life lived with disease (YLLD) in children and adolescents who died of cancer in the United States to estimate the impact of childhood cancer in the United States in 2009. We examined mortality data in...

background: economic burden due to premature mortalities is significant both on health system and on the society as a whole. this study aimed to determine the productivity costs and years of potential life lost associated with five leading causes of death in iran from 2006 to 2010.   methods: data on mortality by sex and age-groups due to five main leading causes of death   (myocardial infarcti...

OBJECTIVE To assess the negative health consequences and associated costs of cigarette smoking in Germany in 2003 and to compare them with the respective results from 1993. METHODS The number of deaths, years of potential life lost (YPLL), direct medical and indirect costs caused by active cigarette smoking in Germany in 2003 is estimated from a societal perspective. The method is similar to ...

Background: Economic burden due to premature mortalities is significant both on health system and on the society as a whole. This study aimed to determine the productivity costs and years of potential life lost associated with five leading causes of death in Iran from 2006 to 2010.   Methods: Data on mortality by sex and age-groups due to five main leading causes of death   (m...