Recent adverse mortality trends in Scotland: comparison with other high-income countries

RE: Seatbelt compliance and mortality in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in comparison with other high-income countries.

Seatbelt compliance and mortality in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in comparison with other high-income countries

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mortality from road traffic collisions (RTC) is a major problem in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Low compliance with seatbelt usage can be a contributing factor for increased mortality. The present study aimed to ascertain the presence of a relationship between seatbelt non-compliance of vehicle occupants and mortality rates in the GCC countries versus ...

Recent adult mortality trends in Canada, the United States and other low mortality countries

This paper examines recent changes in the age-at-death distribution at older ages in Canada, the U.S. and eight additional low-mortality countries. Data starting in 1950 are taken from the Human Mortality Database and a flexible two-dimensional smoothing approach based on P-splines is used to monitor these changes. The U.S. displayed the most worrying picture for the latest two decades. Indeed,...

Changing the Insight of Scientists in High Income Countries: A Solution for Collaborative Research with Lower Income Countries

The recent issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology made an important and interesting theme “What is the Best Research for Low Income Countries?” (1). We enjoyed reading the paper; nevertheless we hope to find a chance to share our idea. It was mentioned that some, for sure not all, researchers from the developed countries might not have enough motivation to contribute to the scient...

Variations in amenable mortality--trends in 16 high-income nations.

BACKGROUND There has been growing interest in the comparison of health system performance within and between countries, using a range of different indicators. This study examines trends in amenable mortality, as one measure of health system performance, in sixteen high-income countries. METHODS Amenable mortality was defined as premature death from causes that should not occur in the presence...