BACKGROUND Since the late nineties, no study has assessed the trends in management and in-hospital outcome of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Switzerland. Our objective was to fill this gap. METHODS Swiss hospital discharge database for years 1998 to 2008. AMI was defined as a primary discharge diagnosis code I21 according to the ICD10 classification. Invasive treatments and overall in-h...

Background & Aims: Suicide in developing countries is an important health problem that occurs at a young age. Our purpose in this study was to compare the suicide trends using epidemiological aspects in Hamadan province in 2006 to 2010. Materials & Methods: The mortality data of suicide for the present study was extracted from the death registry for suicide in District Health Network in Hamada...

BACKGROUND Heavy alcohol drinking is associated with a dose-dependent increase in blood pressure, but data on the relation between alcohol consumption and mortality in hypertensive patients are sparse. OBJECTIVE To assess the relation between light to moderate alcohol consumption and total mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) among men with hypertension. PARTICIPANTS AND DESIGN From ...

BACKGROUND Although the magnitude of perinatal mortality in Ethiopia was among the highest in Sub Saharan Africa, there was no systematic review done to assess the trend and causes of perinatal death. The objective of this review was to assess the trend of perinatal mortality rate (PMR) and the causes attributed to perinatal deaths. METHODS Studies included in this systematic review were sixt...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the mortality gap has reduced in recent years between people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and the general population. DESIGN Record linkage study. SETTING English hospital episode statistics and death registration data for patients discharged 1999-2006. PARTICIPANTS People discharged from inpatient care with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipola...

BACKGROUND We expanded an existing cohort of workers (n = 2,588) considered highly exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at two capacitor manufacturing plants to include all workers with at least 90 days of potential PCB exposure during 1939-1977 (n = 14,458). Causes of death of a priori interest included liver and rectal cancers, previously reported for the original cohort, and non-Hodgk...

BACKGROUND The circulatory system diseases (CAD), one of the most important current health problems, have started to show a declining trend in mortality in several countries, although they are still proportionally the number one regarding the statistics of morbimortality. OBJECTIVE To analyze the mortality trend due to CAD in Brazilian capital cities, during the period of 1950 to 2000. METH...

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...