The effect of avoidable mortality on the life expectancy of Maori and non-Maori New Zea-landers has been examined using a method similar to that of Benavides et al' for the Valencia region of Spain. Deaths that are avoidable by primary and secondary prevention are considered separately and the potential number of years of life gained by their prevention is compared. Methods: Sex specific abridg...

Abstract Background The maternal mortality ratio is a significant public health indicator that reflects the quality of care services. prevalence still high in developing countries than developed countries. This study aimed to determine MMR and identify various risk factors causes mortality. Methods retrospective conducted tertiary center Eastern Nepal from 16 th July 2015 15 2020. was calculate...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the magnitude and contributory factors of socioeconomic differentials in mortality in a cohort of Korean male civil servants. DESIGN A prospective observational study of male civil servants followed up for five years after baseline measurement. SETTING All civil service offices in Korea. PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS The study wa...

the paper published in the january 2015 issue of this journal by gusmano and colleagues entitled “shanghai rising: health improvements as measured by avoidable mortality since 2000” has spurred this commentary. we discuss controversial issues surrounding the concept of avoidable mortality in health service research in general and gusmano’s study in particular. the impact of overall social devel...

BACKGROUND The New South Wales Health (NSW Health) Chronic Disease Management Program (CDMP) delivers interventions to adults at risk of hospitalisation for five target chronic conditions that respond well to ambulatory care: diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease. The intervention consists of two main components: (1)...

encephalopathy can be counted on one hand in France, about a hundred thousand deaths are caused each year by tobacco (around 60,000 deaths in 1995), alcohol (45,000) and road accidents (8,000). A look at the most frequent causes of avoidable death in France shows that the consumption of alcohol is on the decline as are diseases related to alcohol, and that deaths due to road accidents are also ...