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Effect on local death rates of recent changes in the statistical treatment of hospital deaths.

A previous communication (Hewitt, 1957) drew attention to the disturbances in official mortality rates for local areas of England and Wales which had resulted from a change in the statistical treatment of deaths occurring in hospital. There have since been two further changes in the official procedure, and some revaluation is called for. Successive modifications of the statistical practice have...

Traffic deaths: recent evolution and regional differences in Bahia State, Brazil.

This study describes the temporal evolution of mortality due to traffic accidents in regions within Bahia State, Brazil, from 1996 to 2007, using data from the Brazilian Mortality Information System. We calculated overall rates of mortality due to traffic accidents and specific rates by type of victim. Temporal evolution was analyzed by means of correlations between rates and years of study, as...

Recent trends in the prevalence of coronary disease: a population-based autopsy study of nonnatural deaths.

BACKGROUND Despite increases in obesity and diabetes mellitus, mortality caused by coronary disease continues to decline. Recent trends in coronary disease prevalence are unknown. METHODS There were 3237 deaths among Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents aged 16 through 64 years during the 1981-2004 period. Of the 515 due to accident, suicide, homicide, or a manner that could not be determined...

Recent increase in detection of alprazolam in Victorian heroin-related deaths.

OBJECTIVES To examine the rate of detection of alprazolam among cases of heroin-related death (HRD) in Victoria, including the relationship between alprazolam supply and HRDs. DESIGN AND SETTING Population-based study of community alprazolam supply in Victoria and HRDs reported to the Victorian coroner from January 1990 to December 2010. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Number of prescriptions for alp...