OBJECTIVES To identify and analyze trends in bullous disease mortality from 1979 through 2002 in the United States. DESIGN Retrospective population-based analysis. SETTING Mortality records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mortality database. PARTICIPANTS Mortality records from 1979 through 2002 for persons who died of bullous disease. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Age-adjust...

OBJECTIVE To describe age- and sex-specific rates of child homicide in South Africa. METHODS A cross-sectional mortuary-based study was conducted in a national sample of 38 medicolegal laboratories operating in 2009. These were sampled in inverse proportion to the number that were operational in each of three strata defined by autopsy volume: < 500, 500-1499 or > 1499 annual autopsies. Child ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is an association between dermatologist density and melanoma mortality. DESIGN A regression model was developed to test the association between melanoma mortality and dermatologist density, controlling for county demographics, health care infrastructure, and socioeconomic factors. Data were collected from the Area Resource File, US Centers for Disease Cont...

OBJECTIVES Over the past several years, the incidence of hepatitis A infection has been increasing rapidly in the young-adult population in Korea. We examined the effects of area-level socioeconomic status and environmental hygiene on the incidence of hepatitis A. METHODS This study is based on the registered national population of Korea and the national health insurance data from 2004 to 200...

In the year 2000, 529 000 maternal deaths were recorded throughout the world. Of these, 95% occurred in Africa and Asia, 4% in Latin America and the Caribbean, and less than 1% in the developed countries. The global maternal mortality rate is 400 per 100 000 live births, while it is 830/100 000 in Africa, followed by 330/100 000 in Asia (excluding Japan). Worldwide, 13 developing countries acco...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in South Korea. DESIGN Nationwide, population-based retrospective study. SETTING Census population of South Korea PARTICIPANTS: This study involved the entire population of South Korea (n=47 990 761). Patients confirmed as having RP by an ophthalmologist from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2014 were included. PRIMARY OUTCOME...

A nationwide study of Perthes' disease in Norway was undertaken over a five-year period from January 1996. There were 425 patients registered, which represents a mean annual incidence of 9.2 per 100 000 in subjects under 15 years of age, and an occurrence rate of 1:714 for the country as a whole. There were marked regional variations. The lowest incidence was found in the northern region (5.4 p...

BACKGROUND The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma has increased greatly. Barrett's oesophagus is a known risk factor. AIMS To identify changes in the incidence, prevalence, and outcome of Barrett's oesophagus in a defined population. SUBJECTS Residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, with clinically diagnosed Barrett's oesophagus, or oesophageal or oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinom...

BACKGROUND This study used national data to determine if violent child death rates fell between 1974 and 2008. DESIGN Using mortality data from the Office of National Statistics, categories potentially containing violent child deaths were analysed for children aged <1, 1-14 and 15-19 years. These data were compared with Home Office data on recorded homicides in children aged <1 and 1-15 years...