Sudden cardiac deaths, which account for approximately 350 000 deaths each year, is a major health care problem. Antiarrhythmic drugs have not been reliable in preventing sudden cardiac death. Although β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and revascularization play a role in prevention of sudden cardiac death, the development and subsequent refinement of the implantable cardiov...

Mosquitoes belong to the family Culicidae within the order Diptera[1]. There are approximately 3 400 species and 42 genera in the world[2]. It transmits a number of diseases, such as malaria, filariasis, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever etc., causing millions of deaths every year[3]. Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) is a vector of dengue and yellow fever while these diseases are widely di...

BACKGROUND Influenza is a serious vaccine-preventable disease with high incidence, hospitalization, and mortality in high-risk groups. The epidemiology, seasonality, and risk factors for influenza are well defined in most of the temperate countries, but estimating influenza burden in the World Health Organization (WHO) Region for the Eastern Mediterranean is scarce. In Oman, despite the advance...

BACKGROUND Esophageal cancer has been a common cancer in China for many years. Using the most recent data collected from the National Central Cancer Registry, we present estimates of the esophageal cancer burden in China in 2011. METHODS Age-specific incidence and mortality rates by gender and area for 18 age groups were calculated based on data from 177 qualified population-based cancer regi...

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the world today, closely followed by cerebrovascular disease, with the incidence of both projected to increase in the next 2 decades.1 Together, they account for nearly a quarter of all deaths worldwide and almost half the deaths in the United States.1,2 This year, 770 000 Americans will suffer a new acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and...

OBJECTIVES To describe the problem of falls, motor vehicle related injuries, and suicide among older adults, and issues related to their prevention. METHODS Summary and synthesis of selected literature. RESULTS About 39 000 adults aged 65 and older die each year in the United States from injuries; worldwide this annual toll is about 946 000 persons. The top three causes of injury related de...

BACKGROUND In the city of Chennai, India, registration of the fact of death is almost complete but the cause of death is often inadequately recorded on the death certificate. A special verbal autopsy (VA) study of 48 000 adult deaths in Chennai during 1995-97 was conducted to arrive at the probable underlying cause of death and to measure cause specific mortality rates for Chennai. METHODS Tr...

OBJECTIVE To obtain more accurate calculations of maternal and pregnancy-related mortality ratios in Sweden from 1988 to 2007 by using information from national registers and death certificates. DESIGN A national register-based study, supplemented by a review of death certificates. SETTING Sweden, 1988-2007. POPULATION The deaths of 27 957 women of reproductive age (15-49 years). METHOD...

C is a major health problem in the world.1-3 Since the start of the 21st century, cancer killed more people than died in World War II. This year, it is expected that there will be 12 million new cancer cases diagnosed and close to 8 million will die of cancer. This year it is expected that 1.4 million people will die from lung cancer with 866 000 from stomach cancer, 653 000 from liver cancer, ...

BACKGROUND Seasonal influenza-associated mortality estimates help identify the burden of disease and assess the value of public health interventions such as annual influenza immunization. Vital registration is limited in Bangladesh making it difficult to estimate seasonal influenza mortality. OBJECTIVES Our study aimed to estimate seasonal influenza-associated mortality rates for 2010-2012 in...