Background:  The objective of the study was to appraise the total dollar value of human life losses (TDVHL) associated with COVID-19 in Canada. Methods: The net output approach (also known as human capital approach) was applied in the dollar valuation of the 6,062 human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Canada as of 23 May 2020. The economic model was rerun five times: (a) using the nati...

background: this paper offers mortality risk rankings for iranian mortality data. it extends methods to include mixed co­horts, tests changes in mortality risks, compares measures of risk and discusses public policy implications. methods: the methodology used in risk measures takes current practice and extends it to include variations in population dy­nam­ics. the specification is presented and...

background: predicting life expectancy is an important component of public health, in that, it may affect policy making in fields such as social security and medical care., to estimate the life expectancy and the average years of life lost (ayll) of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids)-infected population, compared with that of the general population,...

background : there is a broad consensus among health policy-makers that smoking has a significant impact on both heath system and society. the purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of major cancer deaths caused by smoking in iran in 2012. methods : number of major cancer deaths due to smoking by sex and age groups in 2012 was obtained from globcan database. the life expectan...

BACKGROUND Overweight and obesity in adulthood are linked to an increased risk for death and disease. Their potential effect on life expectancy and premature death has not yet been described. OBJECTIVE To analyze reductions in life expectancy and increases in premature death associated with overweight and obesity at 40 years of age. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING The Framingham ...

BACKGROUND Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of injury-related mortality on life expectancy in Zhejiang Province. METHODS Our study used standard life tables to calculate life expectancy and cause-removed life expectancy based on mortality data from the Zhejiang Chronic Disease Sur...

BACKGROUND Predicting life expectancy is an important component of public health, in that, it may affect policy making in fields such as social security and medical care., To estimate the life expectancy and the average years of life lost (AYLL) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-infected population, compared with that of the general population, ...

RATIONALE Previous studies have demonstrated that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes increased mortality in the general population. But life expectancy and the years of life lost have not been reported. OBJECTIVES To quantify mortality, examine how it varies with age, sex, and other risk factors, and determine how life expectancy is affected. METHODS We constructed mortalit...