limited information exists on mortality rates and it’s causes on iranian broiler farms. in the present study, mortality rate, etiology and risk factors associated with mortality rate in broiler flocks, were evaluated.178 folders related to the mortality of broilers which were covered by the national insurance program for broilers in mashhad, from 21 march 2011 to 20 march 2012, were investigate...

background and aims: stomach cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second cause of deaths among cancers worldwide cancer in the world. this study aimed to estimate the rate and trend of death from stomach cancer in iranian population between 2006 and 2010. methods: this study was a cross-sectional conducted using mortality data in iranian population between 2006 and 2010. the number ...

background nosocomial infections (nis) are an important public health problem worldwide, particularity in the intensive care units (icus). objectives the current study aimed to detect and highlight nis as the critical factor in increasing mortality and morbidity to clarify the current health priorities and challenges in iran. patients and methods it was a retrospective study on 376 selected pat...

background: improving maternal health is one of the eight millennium development goals (mdgs) aimed at improving maternal healthcare and reducing maternal mortality. the utilization of maternal health services is influenced by several factors that need to be better understood. the objective of this study was to estimate the role of socio-economic position as a determinant of the utilization of ...

the aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (rta) in fars province, southern iran.the age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to rta from 2004 to 2010 in fars province was calculated using world standard population. we also used linear regression and chi-squared tests.over the period of study (7 years), 12954 people died in rta. the ag...

Background Infant mortality rate is widely used to assessing the health status of population in both developing and developed countries. The aim of this study was to identify the main factors affect infant mortality rate in ECO countries for the years 2005 to 2012. Methods A panel data model from ECO countries from 2005 to 2012 used to identify the some of key explanatory variables (GDP per cap...