Mortality
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: 11 year follow-up study.

24 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine mortality in a representative nationwide sample of homeless and marginally housed people living in shelters, rooming houses, and hotels. DESIGN: Follow-up study. SETTING: Canada 1991-2001. PARTICIPANTS: 15 100 homeless and ... Read more...

[Potentially beneficial effects of climate changes]

24 Oct 2009 Climate changes have many unbeneficial effects on human health, but may also have beneficial effects. An increased mean temperature reduces the incidence of death due to hypothermia and cardiovascular disease and may increase exercise frequency. As ... Read more...

Spatial and temporal investigations of reported movements, births and deaths of cattle and pigs in Sweden.

5 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Livestock movements can affect the spread and control of contagious diseases and new data recording systems enable analysis of these movements. The results can be used for contingency planning, modelling of disease spread and design of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Comparison of time trends in colorectal cancer mortality (1990-2006) in the world, from the WHO mortality database. 30 Oct 2009
• Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: 11 year follow-up study. 24 Oct 2009
• Women's cardiovascular health: prevention is key. 24 Oct 2009
• [Potentially beneficial effects of climate changes] 24 Oct 2009
• European health systems face scrutiny in US debate. 22 Oct 2009
• Spatial and temporal investigations of reported movements, births and deaths of cattle and pigs in Sweden. 5 Oct 2009
• Ageing populations: the challenges ahead. Oct 2009
• Estimating mortality effects of fine particulate matter in Japan: a comparison of time-series and case-crossover analyses. 29 Sep 2009
• Using a continuous time lag to determine the associations between ambient PM2.5 hourly levels and daily mortality. 29 Sep 2009
• Modification of mortality and tumorigenesis by tocopherol-mono-glucoside (TMG) administered after X irradiation in mice and rats. 29 Sep 2009
• Survival and mortality in older adults living at high altitude in Bolivia: a preliminary report. 29 Sep 2009
• Ethnicity, age, and trends in alcohol-related driver fatalities in the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• Commentary: How traffic crashes were reduced in China--experience and difficulties. 29 Sep 2009
• Life and death during the Great Depression. 26 Sep 2009
• Climate change is not the biggest global health threat. 17 Sep 2009
• The association of body mass index with health outcomes: causal, inconsistent, or confounded? 13 Sep 2009
• Is red blood cell distribution width a marker of overall membrane integrity? 12 Sep 2009
• Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data. 10 Sep 2009
• Young people: not as healthy as they seem. 10 Sep 2009
• Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics. 8 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Mortality'

Definition: All deaths reported in a given population.

Descriptor UI: D009026

Alternative terms: Mortality; Mortalities; Decline, Mortality; Declines, Mortality; Mortality Declines; Mortality Decline; Mortality Determinants; Determinants, Mortality; Determinant, Mortality; Mortality Determinant; Mortality, Differential; Differential Mortality; Differential Mortalities; Mortalities, Differential; Case Fatality Rate; Case Fatality Rates; Rate, Case Fatality; Rates, Case Fatality; Mortality, Premature; Mortalities, Premature; Premature Mortalities; Premature Mortality; Age-Specific Death Rate; Age-Specific Death Rates; Death Rate, Age-Specific; Death Rates, Age-Specific; Rate, Age-Specific Death; Rates, Age-Specific Death; Age Specific Death Rate; Death Rate; Death Rates; Rate, Death; Rates, Death; Mortality, Excess; Excess Mortality; Excess Mortalities; Mortalities, Excess;

Related Mesh Headings: Fatal Outcome;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; history; trends;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.985.550; L01.280.975.550; N01.224.935.698; N06.850.505.400.975.550; N06.850.520.308.985.550;

History Note: 1963; for MORTALITY, PREMATURE use INFANT MORTALITY 1995-2004

Technical Notes: a statistical concept, not for individual deaths in case reports ( = FATAL OUTCOME); do not confuse with DEATH, the physiol dying or death; IM GEN only; prefer /mortal with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.47; specify geog; for human & animal; DF: MORTAL