Background: Economic burden due to premature mortalities is significant both on health system and on the society as a whole. This study aimed to determine the productivity costs and years of potential life lost associated with five leading causes of death in Iran from 2006 to 2010.   Methods: Data on mortality by sex and age-groups due to five main leading causes of death   (m...

although theoretically peace affects health, few published evidence for such an association was empirically available. this study aimed to explore the association between peace and life expectancy (le) among the world countries.in an ecological study and using random effects regression model, we examined the association between peace and le among world countries between 2007 and 2012. the le at...

regarding the important role of health in economic growth and development, the purpose of the present paper is to investigate the impact of life expectancy, as the most important indicator of health, on economic growth in iran during 1965-2009. the estimated smooth transition regression (str) model supports a nonlinear threshold behavior in the relationship between life expectancy and economic ...

BACKGROUND People who score poorly in intellectual ability tests have shorter life expectancy. A study was undertaken to determine whether this association is different in people from different socioeconomic backgrounds. METHODS The mortality of 2786 men born in Helsinki, Finland during 1934-1944 who, as military conscripts, underwent a standardised intellectual ability test comprising verbal...

OBJECTIVE This study estimated the potential loss of life and the lifetime cumulative risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from live kidney donation. DESIGN Markov medical decision analysis. SETTING USA. PARTICIPANTS 40-year-old live kidney donors of both sexes and black/white race. INTERVENTION Live donor nephrectomy. MAIN OUTCOME AND MEASURES Potential remaining life years lost, q...

this paper analyzes the effects of socio-economic factors on life expectancy. using multiple regression analysis, the paper shows that there is a positive strong correlation between life expectancy as an independent variable and per capita income, health expenditures, literacy rate and daily calorie intake. also, it shows that there is a negative strong correlation between life expectancy and n...

objectives: multiple sclerosis is an incurable and chronic disease of the central nervous system. the main purpose of this survey is to compare the character types and life expectancy of patients suffering from m. s as compared with normal people. this survey was conducted using the persian translation of neo-ffi (neo-five factor inventory) and herth life expectancy. methods:thirty nine people ...

conclusions this study demonstrates that the mental states associated with specific diseases should not be ignored in evaluating health states. although there are benefits to relying on expert panels and the general population in evaluating various health states, attention to the particular health states of the patients (taking into account their associated mental well-being) should also be uti...

BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS Life-expectancy of colon cancer patients cannot be accurately answered due to the lack of both large datasets and long-term follow-ups, which impedes accurate estimation of lifetime cost to treat colon cancer patients. In this study, we applied a method to estimate life-expectancy of colon cancer patients in Taiwan and calculate the lifetime costs by different stages and ag...