The aim of this study was to analyze mortality and hospital morbidity from ischemic heart disease (IHD) and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in the population aged 18+ years in different regions of Croatia, in 1997 to 2006 period. Mortality data were supplied by Central Bureau of Statistics, while hospital morbidity data were obtained from hospital discharge database at Croatian National Institute...

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of females and males aged ≤ 30 years with cerebral infarction in two different time periods. METHODS All patients aged ≤ 30 years with arterial cerebral infarction in 1988-1997 and 2006-2010 admitted to Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, were included. Risk factors and etiology were assessed. RESULTS Between 1988 and 1997, 16 females and 7 mal...

Objetivo: Analisar a evolução temporal da assistência pré-natal adequada referente ao número de consultas e realização exames no Estado Pernambuco através dos inquéritos realizados nos anos 1997, 2006 2016. Métodos: Trata-se um estudo transversal base populacional, executado mediante dados secundários retirados bancos II, III IV Pesquisa Estadual Saúde Nutrição, realizadas Pernambuco. Foram des...

We have investigated the population distribution of Chinese cities from 1997 to 2006. The rank-size distributions of Chinese cities deviate from the Pareto distribution. For city size distribution of each year we can find a population threshold Pc that characterizes the boundary of the deviation. The cities with population more than Pc follow the Pareto distribution, while the smaller cities de...

BACKGROUND Data on trends for disability in instrumental activity of daily living (IADL) are sparse in older Chinese adults. OBJECTIVES To assess trends in prevalence and incidence of IADL disability among older Chinese adults and to explore contributing factors. DESIGN Population based study. SETTING 15 provinces and municipalities in China. SUBJECTS Participants (age ≥60) were from fo...