This study investigates the role of wealth in infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, hereafter (SSA). Using recent data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), we document the differences that exit within urban and between urban and rural residents in Sub-Saharan Africa based on wealth. Our findings lead us to conclude that there is a statistical significant difference both within urban res...

The dominance of Jamaican sprinters in international meets remains largely unexplained. Proposed explanations include demographics and favorable physiological characteristics. The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic characteristics of world class Jamaican sprinters. Questionnaires administered to 120 members of the Jamaican national team and 125 controls elicited information on pla...

THE demographic characteristics of that special type of population that is made up of individuals who died in a hospital and were autopsied are necessarily of great interest to the many investigators whose studies employ postmortem data. Examination of certain of the characteristics of a series of autopsied individuals may aid the pathologist in determining the extent to which he may, with a re...

The United States (US) is a nation of immigrants. The number of people who were born outside of the US has risen during the past 30 years. Eleven percent [33 million people] of the US population are foreign born.1 Rhode Island (RI) is both a home and a destination for immigrants from all over the world. Refugees and other immigrants present to the practitioner with clinical problems as varied a...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia contribute to the death of a pregnant woman every three minutes. AIM To determine the demographic risk factors and values of blood pressure to predict preeclampsia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Demographic and clinical features of 300 normotensive pregnant women aged 28 ± 5 years and 100 preeclamptic women aged 28 ± 6 years, were assessed. Women wit...

The purpose of the paper was to describe general health, socio-economic and demographic characteristics of postmenopausal estrogen users in comparison to nonusers. During years 1994-2000, 717 postmenopausal estrogen users and 235 postmenopausal nonusers were gynecological examined, interweaved with a questionnaire including information on their health, socio-economic and demographic status and ...

BACKGROUND Blood transfusion is an essential component of a modern healthcare system. Because knowledge about blood donor demography may inform the design of strategies for donor recruitment and retention, we used nationwide registers to characterize the entire population of blood donors in Denmark in 2010. METHODS The study population comprised all Danes in the age range eligible for blood d...

Despite considerable recent growth in ultramarathon running, little is known about the characteristics of the participants. This work documents demographic characteristics of 161-km ultramarathoners. Surveys were completed by 489 of 674 runners entered in two of the largest 161-km ultramarathons in North America in 2009. Respondents had a mean (± SD) age of 44.5 ± 9.8 years (range 20-72 years) ...

The changing demographic structure of the population, resulting in unparalleled growth of the elderly population, means that e-inclusion of this population group is considered to be a social and political priority in the context of the Information Society. Most research studies have only considered individual variables -such as age, gender, education, income and health- in the explanatory model...

Kenyan athletes have dominated international distance running in recent years. Explanations for their success include favourable physiological characteristics, which could include favourable genetic endowment, and advantageous environmental conditions. The aim of this study was to compare the demographic characteristics of elite Kenyan runners with those of the general Kenyan population. Questi...