Age Distribution - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Risk of cervical cancer among immigrants by age at immigration and follow-up time in Sweden, from 1968 to 2004.

29 Nov 2008 Because of great variation in the prevalence of human papilloma virus infection and other risk factors of cervical cancer worldwide, migrant studies may help further the understanding of the aetiology and improve prevention of cervical cancer. Our ... Read more...

Skull base osteomyelitis: the effect of comorbid disease on hospitalization.

30 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Skull base osteomyelitis is a rare disease that has a high morbidity and mortality rate if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Our objective was to perform a more detailed analysis of skull base osteomyelitis in the ... Read more...

The John Insall Award: gender-specific total knee replacement: prospectively collected clinical outcomes.

30 Oct 2008 Gender-specific total knee replacement design is a recent and debated topic. We determined the survivorship and clinical outcomes of a large primary total knee arthroplasty cohort, specifically assessing any differences between gender groups. A ... Read more...

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• Risk of cervical cancer among immigrants by age at immigration and follow-up time in Sweden, from 1968 to 2004. 29 Nov 2008
• Drug abuse in older US adults worries experts. 6 Nov 2008
• Skull base osteomyelitis: the effect of comorbid disease on hospitalization. 30 Oct 2008
• The John Insall Award: gender-specific total knee replacement: prospectively collected clinical outcomes. 30 Oct 2008
• Medical radiation exposure in the U.S. in 2006: preliminary results. 30 Oct 2008
• Changes in malaria indices between 1999 and 2007 in The Gambia: a retrospective analysis. 30 Oct 2008
• Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya. 30 Oct 2008
• StatBite: Distribution of melanoma incidence and mortality by age, 2001-2005. 26 Oct 2008
• Demographic mechanism of a historical bird population collapse reconstructed using museum specimens. 20 Oct 2008
• The joint impact on being overweight of self reported behaviours of eating quickly and eating until full: cross sectional survey. 19 Oct 2008
• Age-specific incidence of cancer: Phases, transitions, and biological implications. 18 Oct 2008
• Sociodemographic characteristics of New Zealand adult smokers, ex-smokers, and non-smokers: results from the 2006 Census. 15 Oct 2008
• Low and declining cigarette smoking rates among doctors and nurses: 2006 New Zealand Census data. 15 Oct 2008
• Arthritis disability and heart disease disability. 13 Oct 2008
• What can the NHANES data tell us about the tuberculin skin test and the risk for active tuberculosis? 13 Oct 2008
• Dyslipidemia in primary care--prevalence, recognition, treatment and control: data from the German Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Project (GEMCAS). 13 Oct 2008
• Pneumococcal vaccination and risk of myocardial infarction. 5 Oct 2008
• Burden of neuroinfectious diseases on the neurology service in a tertiary care center. 5 Oct 2008
• Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in New Zealand. Oct 2008
• Manufactured populations: what do contemporary reference skeletal collections represent? A comparative study using the Maxwell Museum documented collection. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Age Distribution'

Definition: The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.

Descriptor UI: D017677

Alternative terms: Age Distribution; Age Distributions; Distribution, Age; Distributions, Age;

Tree Number: I01.240.050; N01.224.033; N06.850.505.400.050;

History Note: 94

Technical Notes: NIM; no qualif; human & animal; a statist concept: do not confuse with AGE FACTORS, more related to cause & effect; age-sex distribution: coord (NIM) with SEX DISTRIBUTION (NIM)