THIS PAPER SEEKS to evaluate transformations in portable material culture following the Black Death England (1348–1349), specifically through an analysis of small metal finds data recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). It will discuss use Geographic Information Systems and other computational methods archaeological research, apply this compare contrast PAS against that from excavated ...

A lthough there has been a significant decline in overall stroke mortality rates since the 1950s, age-adjusted stroke death rates have remained higher in blacks than in whites through 2008. 1 The Table shows the 2009 stroke death rates per 100 000 according to age and sex for blacks and whites. The relative excess in deaths from stroke among blacks compared with whites is most marked in the pop...

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in death rates for hyperglycemic crisis (diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state) among adults with diabetes in the U.S. from 1985 to 2002. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Deaths with hyperglycemic crisis as the underlying cause were identified from national mortality data. Death rates were calculated using estimates of adults with diabetes from the N...