BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In Israel, stroke is the third most common cause of death. In 1997 stroke accounted for 2905 deaths (8.1% of total), 1390 of them among men (7.5% of total; crude mortality rate of 48.3/100 000) and 1515 among women (8.6% of total; crude rate of 51.7/100 000). This report presents trends on stroke mortality by population group and estimates of morbidity in Israel. METHOD...

An open question in the history of human migration is the identity of the earliest Eurasian populations that have left contemporary descendants. The Arabian Peninsula was the initial site of the out-of-Africa migrations that occurred between 125,000 and 60,000 yr ago, leading to the hypothesis that the first Eurasian populations were established on the Peninsula and that contemporary indigenous...

Incidence rates of congenital disorders among the 350 million inhabitants of Arab countries could be influenced via the people's demographic and cultural characteristics. Arabs usually marry at a young age and have large families. They share certain core cultural values and beliefs, with the family accepted as the central structure of society. Consanguineous marriage is favored and respected in...

BACKGROUND Many Jordanian university students complain of the behavior of some teaching staff. Also, they complain of the grading systems in universities. AIM This study concerns the occurrence of different forms of student mistreatment and student mistrust of the grading system in the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) as an example of universities in Jordan. METHOD A total...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To compare the trends of asthma mortality and place of death in young patients (ages 5 to 34 years) from different major population groups in Israel. DESIGN Retrospective study. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS Patients who died from asthma between the years 1980 and 1997 according to the death record of the National Israeli Health Registry. RESULTS During the period studied, 10...