Trends in childhood injury mortality in Canada, 1979-2002

Childhood cancer mortality trends in Brazil, 1979 – 2008

OBJECTIVES Childhood cancer mortality has substantially declined worldwide as a result of significant advances in global cancer care. Because limited information is available in Brazil, we analyzed trends in childhood cancer mortality in five Brazilian regions over 29 years. METHODS Data from children 0-14 years old were extracted from the Health Mortality Information System for 1979 through ...

Genotyping of measles virus in Canada: 1979-2002.

Genotyping is an important component of measles surveillance. In this study, we report the genotypes of 30 measles viruses from cases in Canada; 6 of these were collected between 1979 and 1996 and 24 were collected from 1997 through 2002. Many measles virus genotypes were found (C1, C2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, E, and H1). These data indicate that the predominant measles virus genotypes detected...

Mortality from oral and pharyngeal cancer in Brazil: trends and regional patterns, 1979-2002.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the trends and regional patterns in mortality from oral cancer and pharyngeal cancer in Brazil from 1979 through 2002. METHODS Data were obtained from the Mortality Information System (Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade) database, which is compiled by the Ministry of Health of Brazil. Mortality rates were adjusted by gender and age. The Prais-Winsten generalized...

Childhood overweight and obesity trends in Canada.

INTRODUCTION Excess weight is a key risk factor for chronic disease, and the systematic collection, analysis and reporting of key trends are important to surveillance of overweight and obesity. METHODS We used univariate analyses to calculate current prevalence estimates of excess weight among Canadian children and youth. RESULTS Almost 1 in 7 children and youth is obese. Rates vary based o...

Childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Canada