www.ruaf.org Maricopa County in Arizona, which includes the city of Phoenix and the surrounding suburban areas, is currently the fourth most populous county in the country and among the fastest growing(1). Rapid urbanisation has put a great deal of pressure on agriculture, which has historically been very important in the county. According to the 2007 agricultural census, total farmland decline...

BACKGROUND In late 2007, some Swedish County Councils started 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) implementation for children, and PCV7 was included in the national immunization program in 2009. By 2010, both PCV10 and PCV13 were licensed, and the selection of vaccine was subject to County Councils tenders. This study investigated the impact of the order of PCV introduction into vacc...

The objectives were to assess the associations between fall-related injuries (FRIs) treated in the emergency department (ED) among older adults in California and contextual county-level physical, social, and economic characteristics, and to assess how county-level economic conditions are associated with FRIs when controlling for other county-level factors. Data from 2008 California ED discharge...

abstract the main purpose of this research was the analysis of economic effects of fish farming pools establishment in ardal county of chaharemahal and bakhtiyari province. this research was a sort of survey search measure and a questionnaire was compiled for collecting of data. statistical society of this study was included of 171 fish farming units that 75 units were chosen by random sampling...

one factor that has highlighted the role of agriculture in the economy is to make the marketing system of agricultural products more efficient. the main purpose of this study was to identify the requirements of marketing the organic pomegranate of paveh, kermanshah province, iran, from the perspective of farmers. in order to identify contributing factors, an exploratory factor analysis was used...

The present study analyzes data of the governmental reported general population and population of persons with disabilities from 2002 to 2009, to describe the disability prevalence and to test the overtime change with particular focused on the geographic differences in Taiwan. In average, the disability prevalence was 42.06% (range = 31.06%– 80.04% in different areas) of the general population ...

Hepatitis A is the most frequently reported vaccine-preventable disease in the United States. Hepatitis A incidence and risk factors during 1983-1995 were examined among cases reported to the study's Sentinel Counties: Denver County, Colorado; Pierce County, Washington; Jefferson County, Alabama; and Pinellas County, Florida. Of 4897 serologically confirmed cases, 611 patients (13%) were hospit...

BACKGROUND In the United States, male-to-male sexual transmission accounts for the greatest number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses and a substantial number of sexually transmitted infections (STI) annually. However, the prevalence and annual incidence of HIV and other STIs among men who have sex with men (MSM) cannot be estimated in local contexts because demographic data on...

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of obesity is higher in rural than in urban areas of the United States, for reasons that are not well understood. We examined correlations between percentage of rural residents, commute times, food retail gap per capita, and body mass index (BMI) among North Carolina residents. METHODS We used 2000 census data to determine each county's percentage of rural resident...