tuberculosis (tb) is one of the 10 leading cause of deaths in developing countries. understanding the cause and risk factors of tb death and lowering them can reduce its mortality rate. the aim of this study was to assess the cause and risk factors for death of tuberculosis. a retrospective descriptive study was conducted in khuzestan province in the south west of iran, from 2002 to 2006. medic...

background: high fasting plasma glucose (fpg) is one of the main leading risk factors of ischemic heart disease (ihd), stroke, and chronic kidney diseases (ckds). we estimated population attributable fraction (paf) and attributed death of these fatal outcomes of high fpg at national and subnational levels in 25–64 years old iranian adult. methods: we used national and subnational data of the no...

Past empirical work suggests that aging is associated with decreases in risk taking. But are such effects universal? Life-history theory suggests that the link between age and risk taking is a function of specific reproductive strategies that can be more or less risky depending on the ecology. We assessed variation in the age-risk curve using World Values Survey data from 77 countries (N = 147,...

the objective of this study is to determine risk factors causing increase in very low birth way (vlbw) neonatal mortality. the medical files of all neonates weighing ≤1500 g, born in vali-e-asr hospital (2001-2004) were studied. two groups of neonates (living and dead) were compared up to the time of hospital discharge or death. a total of 317 neonates were enrolled. a meaningful relationship e...

conclusions age, injury severity, injured body region, and hospital-acquired infections are important determinants of trauma outcome in our center. timely recognition of factors affecting trauma mortality is crucial for monitoring changes of trauma quality of care. our findings suggest the need to allocate resources for trauma prevention along with a potential focus on reducing in-hospital comp...