Tag: MORT

Sharp increase seen in stroke mortality with increasing age; steeper decline seen for ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke mortality

All Composite Allocation Score scenarios examined led to improved measures of equity compared with current Lung Allocation Score system

Greater adherence to four healthy eating patterns linked to lower risk for total and cause-specific mortality

Higher risk seen with increasing peritonitis episodes; risk for cardiovascular mortality lower for those commencing peritoneal dialysis in 2012-2019 versus 2003-2011

Age-specific deaths rates increased for all age groups 1 year and over; no significant change seen in infant mortality rates

Children ≤10 years often victims perpetrated by parents/caregivers, while children ≥11 years more often perpetrated by friends/acquaintances

Moderately-to-severely decreased eGFR had significant effect on all-cause mortality specifically in those with low socioeconomic status

No association seen for people with optimal and normal BP, high-normal BP, grade 1 hypertension

About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls

COVID-19 will remain the third-largest killer for 2022, behind heart disease and cancer, even with the reduced numbers