Abstract Objectives: to evaluate the temporal trend of hospitalizations for pelvic infammatory disease in Brazil and its regions between 2000 2019. Methods: longitudinal ecological study with data from Hospital Information System. The analysis trends hospitalization rates by age group was performed using segmented linear regression (joinpoint regression). Both annual percent change total groups...

The aim of this study was to jointly model COVID-19 test positivity rates and hospitalizations in Texas using Bayesian joinpoint regression. data for both were obtained from the Department State Health Services between April 5 October 19, 2020. stage 1 identifies four significant shifts rates, three which occur roughly 9 days after documented policy or behavioral changes statewide. Estimated fi...

background: the secular trend in growth is a well-documented and recurrent phenomenon in many developed and developing countries. in this study, we examined the secular trends in birth length and weight among iranian neonates. methods: this cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted between 1991 and 2011. using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling, the birth weights and heights of...

Pastures are important for the agricultural sector as forage, recreational and sports systems. The Chilean pasture seed market is highly dependent on introduced genetics; however, effect of climate change conditions can modify options. objective this study was to quantify changes seeds sown by end-users, metric tons (Mt) or proportion total (PT), based 19 years imported seed. Mann–Kendall test ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate suicide rates and trends in São Paulo by sex, age-strata, and methods. METHODS Data was collected from State registry from 1996 to 2009. Population was estimated using the National Census. We utilized joinpoint regression analysis to explore temporal trends. We also evaluated marital status, ethnicity, birthplace and methods for suicide. RESULTS In the period analyzed,...

Abstract Background In late 2019, coronavirus disease, an acute respiratory illness caused by the novel (SARS-CoV-2), was designated COVID-19 and declared a pandemic. The interim guidance for prevention is through voluntary quarantine, mandatory personal protective measures maintaining social distance in public places. However, considering severity rapid spread of disease to various countries, ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) on tendencies of annual mortality rates, corrected and uncorrected to the ICD-9. METHODS Starting with the causes with a significant comparability ratio, we calculated the annual ageadjusted rates from 1980 to 2004. The comparability ratio was applied to the rates for...