BACKGROUND In the past 40 years, a variety of factors might have impacted motor vehicle (MV) fatality trends in the US, including public health policies, engineering innovations, trauma care improvements, etc. These factors varied in their timing across states/localities, and many were targeted at particular population subgroups. In order to identify and quantify differential rates of change ov...

BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease (CHD) causes an estimated 7 million deaths worldwide each year. In the last few decades, mortality from CHD has been decreasing in many countries. The aim of this study was to analyze the trends of mortality from CHD and myocardial infarction (MI) in the population of Belgrade during the period 1990-2010. METHODS Mortality data for CHD and MI were obtained fr...

BACKGROUND For both men and women worldwide, colorectal cancer is among the leading causes of cancer-related death. This study aimed to assess the mortality trends of colorectal cancer in Serbia between 1991 and 2010, prior to the introduction of population-based screening. METHODS Joinpoint regression analysis was used to estimate average annual percent change (AAPC) with the corresponding 9...

Background: is the third cause of death. The present study aimed at providing the incidence rates (crude and agestandardized)of different types of cancers in Sistan and Baluchestan province (Southeastern of Iran).Cancer is the second leading cause of death in developing countries. In Iran, cancerMethodsRegistry Center of Health Heputy for Sistan and Baluchestan province. Common cancers weredefi...

BACKGROUND Whereas German suicide rates had a clear decreasing tendency between 1991 and 2006, they increased from 2007 to 2010. Deeper analyses of suicide data might help to understand better this change. The aim of this study was to analyze 1) whether recent trends can be related to changes in specific suicide methods and diverge by gender and age; 2) whether the decrease of suicide rates bef...

The objective of this study was to estimate trends in the incidence, mortality rate and 28-day case-fatality rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between 2004 and 2014 based on 11community population in Shanghai. We appraised the risk factors for the shortand long-term mortality. Age-adjusted rates were computed. Chisquare test was used to test the rate differences between men and women. A...

In service-oriented environments, components are discovered and integrated at runtime. The type of the client entities that expose potentially interesting contexts can therefore not be anticipated, and can not be subject to type-based pointcut expressions. This paper proposes a contextual pointcut construct that attempts to address context passing mechanisms needed for concurrent customization ...

background: determining the mortality rate of diseases in a community is one of the main components in health care planning of that community. this study used a join point regression model to determine the trend of mortality due to diabetes mellitus (dm) in iran. materials and methods: the data on the rate of mortality due to dm were obtained from the reports of the iranian ministry of health. ...

AIM OF THE STUDY To analyse trends in the incidence rates of adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus (ACE and SCC, respectively) in white women between 1992 and 2010. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER program to identify cases of esophageal cancer). Age adjusted incidence rates (IR) were calculated for ACE and SCC...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates have been decreasing for many decades in the United States, with the decrease accelerating in the most recent time period. The extent to which this decrease varies across states and its influence on the geographic patterns of rates is unknown. METHODS We analyzed the temporal trend in age-standardized CRC death rates for each state from 1990 ...