BACKGROUND Endogenous uveitis has long been considered to be uncommon in elderly patients. Recently, population-based studies have shown an increase in the incidence of uveitis with inreasing age. It was the aim of this study to analyse the age distribution of patients presenting with endogenous uveitis in the setting of an eye centre. METHODS Retrospective cohort analysis. RESULTS 278 pati...

In ray Annual Reports to the London County Council I have published the results of an examination of the notified cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria in London, and which have led me to the conclusion that in these diseases there is seasonal variation both in fatality and age distribution. In the following Tables I give the results obtained from the use of the cases notified in the period 189...

Un corpus de recherches empiriques effectuées dans différents pays a confirmé que l’inégalité des revenus est liée d’une manière négative à la croissance économique. Cet article fournit une voie à suivre pour expliquer ce rapport. La nouveauté de notre démarche réside dans l’utilisation de la démographie pour expliquer l’écart entre les pays en matière de croissance économique et répartition de...

INFORMATION concerning the age distribution of the onset of esotropia is important in several respects, especially in discussing the aetiology of strabismus. Previously, the age distribution was considered to support the refraction theory and later the fusion theory, but more recently it has been considered to support the reflex theory. The child's age at the onset of the strabismus must be tak...

The literature on causal discovery has focused on interventions that involve randomly assigning values to a single variable. But such a randomized intervention is not the only possibility, nor is it always optimal. In some cases it is impossible or it would be unethical to perform such an intervention. We provide an account of “hard” and “soft” interventions, and discuss what they can contribut...