background & purpose: air pollution has been known as one of the most effective factors on cardiovascular, pulmonary and infectious diseases. this study aims to determine the relation between mortality rate and air pollution in mashhad during 2007-2009. materials & methods: data of air pollution, mortality rate and geographic factors were collected during 2007-2009 and analyzed. mortality rate,...

OBJECTIVE To describe trends in cause specific stillbirth and neonatal mortality. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS 686,860 births in 1982-2000, to mothers resident in the Northern Region of England. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Cause specific stillbirth and neonatal mortality; rate ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in 1991-2000 compared with 1982-1990. RE...

abstract         in the increasing population of the elderly in iran, so far no prospective health studies have been undertaken.   this study was conducted to identify the risk factors of survival time of the elderly of ages above 60 years. material and methods: individuals above 60 years old were recruited in the primary phase of the tehran lipid and glucose study (tlgs) during 1998-2001. they...

despite reduction in infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate particularly during the first 24 hours of life is still high in developing countries. a cross-sectional study was performed to determine neonatal mortality prevalence during the first 24 hours of life (f24nm) and its probable risk factors. data collection were performed by a structured form containing maternal and neonatal char...

To investigate the rate and time trends of neonatal mortality from 1997 to 2014 in Shenyang, which were previously rarely reported upon by developing countries, data on 4719 neonatal deaths (0-28 days) and 970,583 live births from the Shenyang Women and Children Health Care Centre were analyzed. Neonatal mortality rates (per 1000 live births), percent change, and annual percent change (APC) wer...

OBJECTIVE Neonatal sepsis is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among newborns in the developing world. We have investigated the causative agents and their antimicrobial susceptibility of late-onset sepsis (>72 h post-delivery), and determined the possible association between various risk factors and the mortality due to neonatal sepsis in 2008. To view the changes in years, we compared ...

OBJECTIVE Neonatal mortality is a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and the risk factors are not well established. The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors for neonatal mortality at the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital. METHODS We conducted a retrospective and analytic case-control study from the medical records of newborns admitted at the neonata...